Wow, why? Body language is an important part of metacommunication, and due to the limitations of text forums like this I think they are very necessary.
For example “thanks for the idea” can come accross as politely dismissing, “yeah whatever” while “thanks for the idea! :)” is heartfelt.
Exclamation and question marks are simply the first forms of emoticons.
Why does the 100 Greatest Paintings of All Time deck have only 99 notes?
The remaining one you have to paint yourself.
:D
This is the first (and probably last) time I will upvote a comment containing an emoticon.
Wow, why? Body language is an important part of metacommunication, and due to the limitations of text forums like this I think they are very necessary.
For example “thanks for the idea” can come accross as politely dismissing, “yeah whatever” while “thanks for the idea! :)” is heartfelt.
Exclamation and question marks are simply the first forms of emoticons.
Sorry, one of the cards was missing. The deck has now all 100 notes.
Thanks.