Comments on: What color is that house? http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/ Veyron's Adventures in Second Life Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:01:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Tiana Meriman http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/#comment-175 Tiana Meriman Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:31:00 +0000 http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/#comment-175 great article ^^ <br/><br/>i often fall prey to my emotions when i'm reading something in IM i'l have to be more careful on that in the futur ^^ great article ^^

i often fall prey to my emotions when i’m reading something in IM i’l have to be more careful on that in the futur ^^

]]> By: Wrath http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/#comment-174 Wrath Tue, 12 Jun 2007 14:20:00 +0000 http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/#comment-174 I really should be spending more time with Veyron. I really should be spending more time with Veyron.

]]> By: Alex Burgess http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/#comment-170 Alex Burgess Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:30:00 +0000 http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/#comment-170 Veyron-<br/><br/>Nice post. I think about these issues often, and was reminded of an episode of The Human Face (John Cleese narrates!) where "road rage" was discussed. It seems the best explanation is that inside cars, people cannot give facial cues and use other sorts of body language, mostly of the "I'm sorry" or "excuse me" variety, that make navigating a crowded city sidewalk so much easier and less stressful than a crowded freeway. <br/><br/>I often use an emoter HUD inworld, but these are very rudimentary at the moment. Veyron-

Nice post. I think about these issues often, and was reminded of an episode of The Human Face (John Cleese narrates!) where “road rage” was discussed. It seems the best explanation is that inside cars, people cannot give facial cues and use other sorts of body language, mostly of the “I’m sorry” or “excuse me” variety, that make navigating a crowded city sidewalk so much easier and less stressful than a crowded freeway.

I often use an emoter HUD inworld, but these are very rudimentary at the moment.

]]> By: Kaia http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/#comment-169 Kaia Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:42:00 +0000 http://blog.veyronsupercharge.com/2007/06/09/what-color-is-that-house/#comment-169 Interesting post. One of my professors in college actually did his dissertation on how electronic communcation is impacting interpersonal communcation. The general outcome was that the negatives (lack of facial, body language, and auditory cues) outweighed the positives (instant feedback). I'll admit, i've succumbed to the 'blind spot', breaking up with more than one RL boyfriend over IM because I was n a bad mood and interpreted sarcasm for insensitivity. <br/>I often refer to ths as intent vs. impact, and the margin for error is far greater in SL than in any other medium. This is because the only other visual cues besides the text itself aren't as malleable as our own faces and bodies. Have you ever tried to tell a newb with a prim dick to bug off while you're wearing a sexywalk ao and lingere? The language has to be stronger and sometimes physical force (muting, banning, etc) must be employed. <br/>Letter writing is often called a lost art, because writing by hand forces one to think about what they're saying and how they're saying it. The margin for intent vs impact error is smaller because there's more consideration invoved simply by virtue of the method. If only we could get people to think about what they say before they hit send and what they -really- see before they react, a lot of issues could be solved. <br/>and there's my very long 2 cents ;) Interesting post. One of my professors in college actually did his dissertation on how electronic communcation is impacting interpersonal communcation. The general outcome was that the negatives (lack of facial, body language, and auditory cues) outweighed the positives (instant feedback). I’ll admit, i’ve succumbed to the ‘blind spot’, breaking up with more than one RL boyfriend over IM because I was n a bad mood and interpreted sarcasm for insensitivity.
I often refer to ths as intent vs. impact, and the margin for error is far greater in SL than in any other medium. This is because the only other visual cues besides the text itself aren’t as malleable as our own faces and bodies. Have you ever tried to tell a newb with a prim dick to bug off while you’re wearing a sexywalk ao and lingere? The language has to be stronger and sometimes physical force (muting, banning, etc) must be employed.
Letter writing is often called a lost art, because writing by hand forces one to think about what they’re saying and how they’re saying it. The margin for intent vs impact error is smaller because there’s more consideration invoved simply by virtue of the method. If only we could get people to think about what they say before they hit send and what they -really- see before they react, a lot of issues could be solved.
and there’s my very long 2 cents ;)

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