Comments on: To /me or not to /me… http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2009/04/01/to-me-or-not-to-me/ Social Media and Virtual Worlds Commentary Wed, 08 Sep 2010 02:46:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Legendary Charisma http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2009/04/01/to-me-or-not-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2731 Legendary Charisma Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:58:37 +0000 http://www.metaversallyspeaking.com/?p=1356#comment-2731 Always nice to meet someone else who is aware of and cares about such details. I wonder if there's a difference between women and men being aware of the problem? Everyone I can remember talking to about this issue so far, that showed an awareness and interest in the matter, was female. Even if that's true - that it's more noticed by and relevant for women (and I'm not sure that it is) - then it should still be a matter of interest to the men who want to cyber those women. One hopes anyway! Always nice to meet someone else who is aware of and cares about such details. I wonder if there’s a difference between women and men being aware of the problem? Everyone I can remember talking to about this issue so far, that showed an awareness and interest in the matter, was female. Even if that’s true – that it’s more noticed by and relevant for women (and I’m not sure that it is) – then it should still be a matter of interest to the men who want to cyber those women. One hopes anyway!

]]> By: valentina kendal http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2009/04/01/to-me-or-not-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2730 valentina kendal Wed, 15 Apr 2009 15:10:03 +0000 http://www.metaversallyspeaking.com/?p=1356#comment-2730 I always notice those things and hope that partners who don't might just pick up something from my example. Practice, practice, practice, I say. I find the use of third person during the heat of the moment to be very distracting, and the mixing of tenses to be doubly so. I treat the colon as an indication I am speaking, but use single quotes internally to show when I am speaking if it is a 'mixed' emote: :I brush the hair away from the curve of your neck, lean in close, and softly whisper 'if that's what you want...' I always notice those things and hope that partners who don’t might just pick up something from my example. Practice, practice, practice, I say. I find the use of third person during the heat of the moment to be very distracting, and the mixing of tenses to be doubly so. I treat the colon as an indication I am speaking, but use single quotes internally to show when I am speaking if it is a ‘mixed’ emote:

:I brush the hair away from the curve of your neck, lean in close, and softly whisper ‘if that’s what you want…’

]]> By: Legendary Charisma http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2009/04/01/to-me-or-not-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2733 Legendary Charisma Mon, 06 Apr 2009 00:50:49 +0000 http://www.metaversallyspeaking.com/?p=1356#comment-2733 Quaintly, there's no doubt that a fair few people don't notice these sorts of details (and thereby don't care about them either), but cyber is an art-form like any other: You can treat it as something you can be very good at and improve to meet your own and others needs, or you can waft from experience to experience wondering why people never come back for more. The ones who do notice these details (like you and me) are going to be put off by others who don't. And those who aren't fully conscious of it might not be aware that it is what's making them unable to fully relax and enjoy the experience - because it just "sounds wrong" or "feels weird", and the hope is these posts will help those people see what's going wrong (and how easy it is to fix once you're aware of it) :) Quaintly, there’s no doubt that a fair few people don’t notice these sorts of details (and thereby don’t care about them either), but cyber is an art-form like any other: You can treat it as something you can be very good at and improve to meet your own and others needs, or you can waft from experience to experience wondering why people never come back for more.

The ones who do notice these details (like you and me) are going to be put off by others who don’t. And those who aren’t fully conscious of it might not be aware that it is what’s making them unable to fully relax and enjoy the experience – because it just “sounds wrong” or “feels weird”, and the hope is these posts will help those people see what’s going wrong (and how easy it is to fix once you’re aware of it) :)

]]> By: Quaintly Tuqiri http://blog.pradprathivi.com/2009/04/01/to-me-or-not-to-me/comment-page-1/#comment-2732 Quaintly Tuqiri Sun, 05 Apr 2009 17:27:24 +0000 http://www.metaversallyspeaking.com/?p=1356#comment-2732 I thought I was the only one who would worry about things like being consistent about tenses and speaking in first or third person! I'm sure in the 'heat of the moment' most people don't even notice things like that, but I do, lol. I'm used to /me and third person in SL but in off-world IM (MSN, Gtalk, Yahoo, etc) it just looks strange :P I thought I was the only one who would worry about things like being consistent about tenses and speaking in first or third person! I’m sure in the ‘heat of the moment’ most people don’t even notice things like that, but I do, lol.

I’m used to /me and third person in SL but in off-world IM (MSN, Gtalk, Yahoo, etc) it just looks strange :P

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