Quote Originally Posted by Tsunenori View Post
Sidenote: all of this is why PR people get paid a lot of money. Communication is hard, especially on the internet.
I appreciate your response!


There is nothing in there that I disagree with overall, I think that this median approach is generally superior in both reaching a wider group of people and not being overlooked.

My main isue is really not any of the ideas you present here, I simply interperet 'sticks and stones' to mean 'words are not violence, if you take issue with someone's harsh language first appreciate that they are using language to express themselves instead of violence'. I understand that this is not really an issue on the internet as words often are the most hurtful weapons we can use on each other. I really just have a problem with dismissing 'sticks and stones' out of hand. It is (to me) an important lesson to remember in terms of everyday life.

I completely agree that communication is particularly hard when all you have to represent your ideas is text. I work managing operations for a major North American retailer and often communicate important directives in plain text to large groups of people. I don't have the luxury of being able to tack on "loljk" or an emoji to most of my correspondance. I also think that my job might contribute to the brusque/aggressive way many of my posts here are taken but that's a discussion for another time.

Either way just wanted to say I totally understand where you're coming from here. While I may not agree with exactly how you impliment your communication style I do think it has value and works for many people.