Please, if you have a few seconds, read this and let me know what you think...
For example: do you read into the vocabulary or grammar someone uses? Or do you simply look at what they say, not how they say it? To wit: how do you determine someone when you have no clue what is really behind their screen?
thanks,
Rob
With that in mind - obviously operating under the assumption that people do form judgments about one another - how do you judge people online?In the ?real? world (in simple terms, the world of daily interpersonal interactions), the way we judge people is complex; any number of attributes are often associated with how we understand others. Consider, for example, the number of characteristics involved in judging a new acquaintance: one might consider their level of attractiveness, apparent sense of humor, intelligence, the tone of their voice, or any other number of traits before determining what we ?think? about them.
Regardless of the nature of these traits, they are often based on personal interaction: the traits are, consequently, only apparent on a somewhat superficial basis. This can be seen clearly in their labels ? beauty, wit, conversation, humor ? as well as in the way we present ourselves; these traits govern, to a large extent, the nature of our interactions with other people. People who have successful social interactions are aware, in one way or another, of their relationship with these various traits.
For example: do you read into the vocabulary or grammar someone uses? Or do you simply look at what they say, not how they say it? To wit: how do you determine someone when you have no clue what is really behind their screen?
thanks,
Rob