ethereal 20,923 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 because you're unable to convey tone, inflections, or facial expressions through your posts? i feel like that's the biggest drawback to online communication/texting. like, yeah, there are emoji's, but sometimes i feel like people don't understand the message i'm trying to get across because they don't know how i'm saying it in my head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.Cole 3,516 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Use gifs boo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alisonn 5,454 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Hmmm, sometimes. But that's mainly because of how I use '...' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAUCY 44,499 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 i've always wondered how i come off to people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yume 3,886 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Not often. A few times people misunderstood my sarcasm but now I always use the doge and people seem to understand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaboWasseo✩ 25,468 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Yup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HituKa 2,060 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Not really but some of them will call u hater just because u did thru shade or made fun of something regarding their fav I mean hate is a strong word me wasting my time and trolling and laughing about something is not hate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trang95 886 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Sometimes. People just take certain posts way too seriously and throw things at each they would never say to strangers in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
____shawnee 4,118 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shield 3,824 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 yeah it happens quite often. It is hard to express yourself online without writing an essay. Furthermore, often I have the impression that some don't even read everything so they don't understand fully what's written. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeautyQueen ElleBean 2,855 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 I hope not....I'm too conscious of the lack of tone, etc....online/in text/etc...so I try to mitigate that with italics, gifs, sentence structure, etc....I hate being misunderstood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekku 1,277 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Yesterday I said one article posted Twice but I got negged so I think people thought I was bashing Twice or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
protoplasm 1,854 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 sometimes plus english isnt my 1st language, im not bad at english but i think sometimes i use the wrong words Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jormungand 73 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 people dont get me in real life too so np Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ogre Shrek 8,980 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Yeah. I try to minimize misunderstandings by being careful with my choice of words, even to the extent of editing a post multiple times if I think I haven't conveyed what I wanted to say with sufficient clarity the first time around. But I see it often in posts made by others. For instance, a user may post something that I thought was light-hearted or humourous, but that same post would incur the wrath of other users who read the same post differently. Sarcasm (even when coupled with the eyeroll emoticon ) is particularly prone to being misunderstood. The doge helps greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
♥Led belbet hater♥ 289 Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 No, at least i think so, my english is bad tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiadais 206 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 I haven't been around long enough to have a reputation and I haven't posted enough to be able to be misunderstood, but in general, yes, I believe I am misunderstood all the time. I try to help with formatting, revising my wording, and emoticons, but I'm not a gif wizard. Even if I did all the things I'd still get misunderstood sometimes. The same thing holds for literally any method of communication. I've seen a lot of users telling me "I don't know if you're serious or not" when I am serious. It's not my thing to be sarcastic. Pretty much everything I post on here is serious but some people think I'm joking. Says is pretty much always serious + title is "99% Evil" + signature is a gif of Kyubei on Homura's shoulder = Pretty sure this is legit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adina kim 484 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 yes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolest person on OH 172 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 yeah people who aren't smart enough misunderstoods my posts all the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shhhhh 763 Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 All the time... English isn't my first language so I often end up using the wrong words. Because of that I might come accross as rude/offensive while that really wasn't my intention. Or when I'm being sarcastic/joking they take me way too seriously. Again, because I use the wrong words. I literally spend most of the time on here explaining myself. Really annoying. If only I could communicate in Dutch... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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