Group status, 1-on-1 status, mood—all that mammalian stuff. Most of that comes through side channels: posture, tone, eye movements. As for equivalent side-channels in online communications, compare:
u can say alot of things wihout words rite?? :)
I’m sure you’ve already thought of this, but have you considered the information content of syntax as well as semantics? Sorry to bother you.
Augh, RTFM you n00b, don’t waste our time with this BS. Punctuation, tone, and w0rd ch01c3 are covered on the wiki for online chat.
You can put a chimp in front of a keyboard, but it’s still a chimp.
What I find fascinating are the different levels of subtext-literacy I encounter online. Everyone is hard-wired to internalize their culture’s body language model at a young age, but exposure to the internet equivalent varies widely. I imagine that being internet-communication-illiterate is something like visiting a foreign country—you can understand and make yourself understood, but you stick out like a sore thumb and are blind to every kind of subtlety.
The obvious guess would be information about our own interests and dispositions. Or perhaps even sizing each-other up intellectually in much the same way those wolves do.
What (subtextual) information is typically exchanged in small talk? And I wonder if anything plays the role of small talk in online communications.
Group status, 1-on-1 status, mood—all that mammalian stuff. Most of that comes through side channels: posture, tone, eye movements. As for equivalent side-channels in online communications, compare:
u can say alot of things wihout words rite?? :)
I’m sure you’ve already thought of this, but have you considered the information content of syntax as well as semantics? Sorry to bother you.
Augh, RTFM you n00b, don’t waste our time with this BS. Punctuation, tone, and w0rd ch01c3 are covered on the wiki for online chat.
You can put a chimp in front of a keyboard, but it’s still a chimp.
What I find fascinating are the different levels of subtext-literacy I encounter online. Everyone is hard-wired to internalize their culture’s body language model at a young age, but exposure to the internet equivalent varies widely. I imagine that being internet-communication-illiterate is something like visiting a foreign country—you can understand and make yourself understood, but you stick out like a sore thumb and are blind to every kind of subtlety.
The obvious guess would be information about our own interests and dispositions. Or perhaps even sizing each-other up intellectually in much the same way those wolves do.