A lot. But it's got to be worse on Twitter -- no verbal cues, less context, and pithier style.
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Absolutely. I think it's an important skill to detect just from facial expressions when someone misinterprets you.
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on that note, i'd like to emphasise the usefulness of using emojis
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bingo bango
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I suspect misunderstanding actually holds a lot of groups together. Social media has long since disproven the quant idea that if only we could communicate more, then we'd be drawn together by all our heretofore unrealized similarity.
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Plus research into lying shows how often we deliberately mislead each other (20 times per day. Too a loved one!). It's a wonder we communicate clearly at all. Did I succeed?



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In Realspace most of us manage to avoid talking to people who we don’t understand. That’s what’s so good/bad (answers please) about meetings in Cyberspace.
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This tweet is clearly indicative of your hatred of dogs.
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For sure. But don’t underestimate the ambiguity of the written word by itself.
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