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.
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.