Hello, I was reading this: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70179-0.html?tw=wn_index_2 And I'm pondering how to extract some useful suggestions for the Debian Community Guidelines[1] out of this. I think the "Read messages smartly" part[2] almost gets it already, but can that article bring improvements to it? I quote the beginning of the Wired article: "The Secret Cause of Flame Wars 'Don't work too hard,' wrote a colleague in an e-mail today. Was she sincere or sarcastic? I think I know (sarcastic), but I'm probably wrong. According to recent research published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, I've only a 50-50 chance of ascertaining the tone of any e-mail message. The study also shows that people think they've correctly interpreted the tone of e-mails they receive 90 percent of the time.? [...]" I could also link the article from that part of the DCG, but the page looks like a link that's going to break: how does one respect the license of the content AND survive bitrot? Should I ask wired for permission to mirror or quote it? WikiNews also mentions this: http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Study_says_people_don't_understand_the_emotional_tone_of_emails,_but_think_they_do Other related articles: http://www.apa.org/monitor/feb06/egos.html http://gsbwww.uchicago.edu/fac/nicholas.epley/EpleyKruger.pdf Ciao, Enrico [1] http://people.debian.org/~enrico/dcg [2] http://people.debian.org/~enrico/dcg/ch02s04.html -- GPG key: 1024D/797EBFAB 2000-12-05 Enrico Zini <enrico@debian.org>
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