(May 7, 2018 at 10:53 am)emjay Wrote: Would any of you consider participating in a Skype group chat? I know CL and Kingpin (when he was around) would and has, but anyone else... Neo, Drich, alpha, MK etc? I find that face time (or voice time) goes a long way to dispelling misconceptions about a person, more than any forum post ever could. It's all too easy with forum posts (or any text alone) to misinterpret motives or messages, lacking as they do the means to adequately convey emotion (aside from a few simple emoticons) and intentions. Basically, with text alone, confirmation bias/generalisation/jumping to conclusions etc can easily come into play, but that is much less likely face to face or voice to voice, in part because it's real time so any misunderstanding can quickly be corrected. So basically I think, for anyone who wanted to take part, this could beneficial all round in allowing us to see each other in a more personal and multi-dimensional light than forum posts allow.
Good call, Emjay!
"Of course, everyone will claim they respect someone who tries to speak the truth, but in reality, this is a rare quality. Most respect those who speak truths they agree with, and their respect for the speaking only extends as far as their realm of personal agreement. It is less common, almost to the point of becoming a saintly virtue, that someone truly respects and loves the truth seeker, even when their conclusions differ wildly."
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