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A while back I read something that stuck with me and I thought I'd share it with you all. It's not directly boat related but it applies to our forum so I posted here in the Main forum.
What I read was that studies have shown that when we communicate with others, this is how they "get the message":
55% of what others perceive is through physiology. In other words, body language such as facial expressions, posture, etc.
38% is through voice - inflection, volume and other aural clues.
7% is through the actual words we use. Only 7%
It's no wonder that it's easy to misread what others are trying to say in a format like these forums, when all we have to go on is the written word without seeing or often even having met the other person. I know when I read things that are posted by people I know, I feel I have a much better idea of their meaning because I have the memory of past face-to-face conversations as a reference point. I know some of you well enough to know that no matter what you post you mean no harm. When I read posts by someone I haven't met I try real hard to give them the benefit of the doubt.
It's also no wonder that smilies came into use as soon as people started using email to communicate. Even before the thousands of cartoon smilies we have now, people were using character combinations in an attempt to convey the emotion lacking in the written word alone.
Interesting, huh?
Tim
What I read was that studies have shown that when we communicate with others, this is how they "get the message":
55% of what others perceive is through physiology. In other words, body language such as facial expressions, posture, etc.
38% is through voice - inflection, volume and other aural clues.
7% is through the actual words we use. Only 7%
It's no wonder that it's easy to misread what others are trying to say in a format like these forums, when all we have to go on is the written word without seeing or often even having met the other person. I know when I read things that are posted by people I know, I feel I have a much better idea of their meaning because I have the memory of past face-to-face conversations as a reference point. I know some of you well enough to know that no matter what you post you mean no harm. When I read posts by someone I haven't met I try real hard to give them the benefit of the doubt.
It's also no wonder that smilies came into use as soon as people started using email to communicate. Even before the thousands of cartoon smilies we have now, people were using character combinations in an attempt to convey the emotion lacking in the written word alone.
Interesting, huh?
Tim
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