In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon https://arstechni.ca/nsbq #computersciencehistory #onlinecommunication #textcommunication #internethistory #talesoftechlore #CarnegieMellon #digitalculture #ScottFahlman #Emoticons #flamewars #retrotech #techlore #ARPANET #smileys #Emoji #Tech #1982 #CMU

🤔 Ah, the age-old question of whether text can *whisper sweet nothings* or *scream like a banshee* just with words. 🎤 Spoiler alert: if you're reading this, it's too late—text is still just text. 📚 Thanks, Simons Foundation, for supporting the quest to make our #emails more melodramatic. 🎭
https://arxiv.org/abs/2202.10631 #textcommunication #melodrama #SimonsFoundation #languageartistry #HackerNews #ngated

draft - since Google chat doesn't yet offer silent messages, I suppose one thing I could do after sending a regular message is to then send another message that says something to the effect of "potential silent message" to be edited later on that day or the following day

#googlechat
#notificationoverload
#digitalwellbeing
#googledocs
#telegram
#silentmessage
#silentmessages
#communication
#digitalcommunication
#textcommunication
#collaboration
#collaborate
#webbasedchat
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draft - since Google chat doesn't yet offer silent messages, I suppose one thing I could do after sending a regular message is to then send another message that says something to the effect of "potential silent message" to be edited later on that day or the following day

#googlechat
#notificationoverload
#digitalwellbeing
#googledocs
#telegram
#silentmessage
#silentmessages
#communication
#digitalcommunication
#textcommunication