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This article from Thailand caught my eye. I know there are some of you who probably feel like you’re constantly counseling your friends, and the other half is probably in need of counseling. 😀
According to this article, it’s already happening.
Quote:quote:Originally posted by JeffI know there are some of you who probably feel like you’re constantly counseling your friends, and the other half is probably in need of counseling.
yeah… i’ve done more than my fair share of counseling over IM (and face to face for that matter). probably why I picked up a minor in psychology. it was only a matter of time before it got to this point.
to be fair, it is easier to say something online, to a faceless screenname, than it is to say it face to face. if any of you have any doubt whatsoever about that, check out Have you ever said anything in an IM that you wouldn’t say face-to-face?. it’s easier to talk about whatever it is, but then again its also easier to lie about it, or to edit what you say before you say it. it goes both ways, but overall I think its probably a good thing starting…Yeah, I agree with Tigerblade, its probably a good thing. Some people may argue that its only words, and it takes out all the emotion from speech. I think this is true to a certain extent, but it is also possible to convey ideas and emotions through IM, by the use of punctuation marks such as the exclamation mark, or emoticons.
Reading an IM message which says, for example, “I love you” can have just the same effect as listening to someone say, “I love you”. So just because it is over IM, it doesn’t mean that it has no meaning. People can be affected by what they read in an IM.
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