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Chat as effective communication tool
Hi Mark,
As the poll seems to indicate, I am one of the sheople that think chat is an effective communication tool. In reality, I know that chat is no more or no less an effective communication tool than most most other types of modern communication tools. I believe that the effectiveness of the communication should not depend the tool but on the sender's ability to effectively communicate intended messages with the appropriate audience. It reminds me of an episode on Jay Leno where he pitted the "world champion texter" against two guys that had been communicating using Morse Code for more than 30 years in an unscientific experiment to determine which form of communication was "faster" or more effective. Who do you won? Check out the Youtube video to find out: http://youtu.be/Mfyf5Y5AHNc
Anyway, chat is just another tool to be used to communicate and, in today's world, it seems to be one of the preferred methods for a myriad of reasons. Personally, I prefer chat over other tools in certain situations. For example, if I'm at a location where there are other people around that I wouldn't want to hear my conversation but, I really need to get a message to someone, I might use chat instead of calling the person directly. Other times, I simply just don't "feel" like talking to someone on the phone. And of course chat is considered more instantaneous than email which is another advantage. I'm sure the reasons for using chat are as varied as the people that choose to use it in favor of other communication tools. But I'm curious Mark, why do you think that chat "is the worst way to communicate"? That's pretty harsh don't you think? Are you saying that you feel chat is a less desirable form of communication than something like say.....smoke signals?
As the poll seems to indicate, I am one of the sheople that think chat is an effective communication tool. In reality, I know that chat is no more or no less an effective communication tool than most most other types of modern communication tools. I believe that the effectiveness of the communication should not depend the tool but on the sender's ability to effectively communicate intended messages with the appropriate audience. It reminds me of an episode on Jay Leno where he pitted the "world champion texter" against two guys that had been communicating using Morse Code for more than 30 years in an unscientific experiment to determine which form of communication was "faster" or more effective. Who do you won? Check out the Youtube video to find out: http://youtu.be/Mfyf5Y5AHNc
Anyway, chat is just another tool to be used to communicate and, in today's world, it seems to be one of the preferred methods for a myriad of reasons. Personally, I prefer chat over other tools in certain situations. For example, if I'm at a location where there are other people around that I wouldn't want to hear my conversation but, I really need to get a message to someone, I might use chat instead of calling the person directly. Other times, I simply just don't "feel" like talking to someone on the phone. And of course chat is considered more instantaneous than email which is another advantage. I'm sure the reasons for using chat are as varied as the people that choose to use it in favor of other communication tools. But I'm curious Mark, why do you think that chat "is the worst way to communicate"? That's pretty harsh don't you think? Are you saying that you feel chat is a less desirable form of communication than something like say.....smoke signals?
Posted by jadkaizen@...
Updated - 22nd Nov 2011
