12-11-2015, 12:14
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6th Gear Developer; Mentor
AKA: Blake Ross
no team (6th Gear)
Team Role: Mentor
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Join Date: May 2006
Rookie Year: 2006
Location: Virginia
Posts: 1,934
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Re: On being rude ...
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Originally Posted by rsisk
remember when communicating through text online, you no longer have other clues like visual hints, tone of voice, body language, etc... and neither does the other person get those clues from you (emoticons don't cut it).
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Thank you for pointing out several reasons why *readers* should not assume rudeness when they read a post that could easily be interpreted as the friendly ribbing that occurs all the time in STEM and other conversations.
Readers have a duty to hold up their end of the online-communication-can-be-difficult bargain too.
I sometimes worry that an over-emphasis on the writer side of the equation is a form of bullying by folks who are intolerant of diversity. Remembering the points you made can help us all avoid falling into that trap. Thanks again for pointing out the pitfalls writers, and *readers*, can fall into.
Blake
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Words/phrases  I avoid: basis, mitigate, leveraging, transitioning, impact (instead of affect/effect), facilitate, programmatic, problematic, issue (instead of problem), latency (instead of delay), dependency (instead of prerequisite), connectivity, usage & utilize (instead of use), downed, functionality, functional, power on, descore, alumni (instead of alumnus/alumna), the enterprise, methodology, nomenclature, form factor (instead of size or shape), competency, modality, provided(with), provision(ing), irregardless/irrespective, signage, colorized, pulsating, ideate
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