The art of modern conversation; ethics, problems and solutions

Lets talk facebook and msn ethics, problems and solutions:

1.What do you do if that long lost friend you've added doesn't reply to your wallpost, and you know they've seen it because of their status updates?
the 'right' thing to do: ignore it, maybe they just cbf
wat i would do: DELETE, ur not worth being my friend


2. When a person drops out in the middle of a convo..
* for an old friend that's fine, because you know they'll always come back and chat
If it's a new friend and they never make the effort to come back, well obviously stop waiting because they're not interested.


3. When you dont understand their lingo in a convo
solution: be honest and tell them WTF. Coz talking in weird accents and writing styles, ain't Cool it's just bloody annoying.


4. What do you do if the person you are talking to chats in rapid bursts, and you happen to be a slow typer?
Solution: if you see them typing, STOP what you were about to say. Chances are they havn't finished and if you 'but in' its gona get awkward, unless you like laughing at awkward situations and making a goose of yourself. That's perfectly fine then.


5. If the other person NEVER makes an effort to chat, BUT when you start the convo they chat as if you've been best mates forever.
Answer: Chances are they're not interested by you and only continue the conversation because it's the polite thing to do and they don't want to hurt your feelings and lead you on.


6. What do Huge time gaps mean in a convo?
It means that one of you is genuinely busy with other things, but keeps the conversation moving along because they do genuinely care about what's happening in the other's life.


7. Is it ok to use the little 'lol' or 'haha' as a tool to push the conversation along?
This is a tricky one.. But I think here it depends on whether you know their 'real' laughing symbol. usually it's a LOL or HAHAHA or hahhhahaha, if you know that symbol then I think it's perfectly fine to use this tool.
If you don't know their signature laughing symbol, then it becomes extremely problematic to use this tool because you then don't know when they're truly laughing. it makes it awkward if what they said is not really funny.


That's it for now, comment if you know a problem or an ethical issue regarding modern conversation. or a better solution.

*note this is only a guideline; everyone interprets signs differently.
that's the beauty of communication!

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