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You SHOULD NOT communicate by email:your first "I love you" to someone... or your first "I can't love you."
If safety is a concern, then people are giving away much too much IRL (meat world) information in e-mail, online forums, etc.Based on the communication in this forum, there are probably 20 or so of us who could easily be found & injured in some way (I don't mean physically). In a friendly group like this, people tend to share more than is prudent. I continue to take the risk because I like the sense of community more than I fear your evil intent.
I use the "write nothing online that you wouldn't want your son to read when he's eighteen" guideline. So I'm not worried about anything I've posted here. Um, except some people would discover I'm way, way more immature than I may seem in public.(Of course, I'm responding to a person who has Perry the Platypus as his avatar, so I'm not the only one.)
I was seeing somebody who told me he was getting married by email (to somebody else, of course). You shouldn't do that.
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it gives me vuja de. the strange feeling that this has never happened before
RandomAnthony wrote: "Um...is text ok, then, Heidi?:)"NO!!!
Heidi wrote: "RandomAnthony wrote: "Um...is text ok, then, Heidi?:)"
NO!!!"
That's not what you said in your blog! :-)
::yes I know she doesn't have a blog, just egging her on. Puts on Goalie mask::
NO!!!"
That's not what you said in your blog! :-)
::yes I know she doesn't have a blog, just egging her on. Puts on Goalie mask::
Email should not be used to break up with somebody.I have an exboyfriend that my friends and I call eDean just for that.
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::yes I know she doesn't have a blog, just egging her on. "
oh phew. I was joing to be JEALOUS that you all read her blog without me!
Sally wrote: "oh phew. I was joing to be JEALOUS that you all read her blog without me!"Actually, I do have one. I just haven't written there in over 5 years... and I don't know if I can remember the web address. :) But it's out there somewhere...
I also used to have one on myspace. I eventually deleted my profile on there... along with ALL my blogs (which I fortunately saved on my laptop). I've posted a few of my faves as writing on GR. Only a few, though. I wrote ALOT back then. Gus read my blog back in the day when I had one. Not so much anymore...
Kevin "El Liso Grande" wrote: "it gives me vuja de. the strange feeling that this has never happened before"I think we did talk about this once before, now that I think of it...maybe we didn't finish:)
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/st...
But beyond the "criminal" aspect of some email, I find the way people respond to electronic correspondence fascinating. For example, some people at work hate talking about curriculum via email (esp. if it's one of those long "reply all" threads) and someone actually set up a separate message board for political discussion because too many people were using the list serv to share materials that some found controversial. Personally, I didn't care, I can hit "delete" without difficulty. But others don't like sharing personal information via email, as they consider it too impersonal, etc.
What do you think is appropriate for electronic communication, and what isn't? Other comments?