piranha: red origami crane (Default)
renaissance poisson ([personal profile] piranha) wrote2009-06-03 07:44 pm
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emotional exchange on the internet

from a discussion elsejournal comes this statement:

"The Internet is uniquely un-suited to emotional content."

agree, or disagree? why?

discuss if you would be so kind.

[crossposted to LJ/DW, comments welcome in both places.]
firecat: damiel from wings of desire tasting blood on his fingers. text "i has a flavor!" (Default)

[personal profile] firecat 2009-06-04 05:02 am (UTC)(link)
The Internet lets us discuss controversial subjects without the same risk of physical violence that f2f communication has. Therefore, controversial subjects may be discussed more often.

There are certainly special skills it is helpful to learn, if one is going to do a lot of emotional expression in ascii or HTML.