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From: ztf@lanl.ARPA (Zozzles The Freep)
Newsgroups: net.social
Subject: Re: Electronically Mediated Human Relationships
Message-ID: <6219@lanl.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 8-Aug-86 12:09:02 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug  8 12:09:02 1986
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In article <1009@tekig5.UUCP> chrisa@tekig5.UUCP (Chris Andersen) writes:
> . . .
>There is of course a danger that you can get too wrapped up in the potentials
>of EC to the point where other forms of communication (such as face to face)
>are unused.  But if you are careful to watch out for that, EC can be a
>wonderful tool.
> . . .
Even when one is _not_ too wrapped up in EC (as Chris puts it), it is
quite interesting to watch other people's reaction to this form of
communication vs. face-to-face.  I've known at least three women who
very much prefer the latter form of communication.  One of them is so
vehemently opposed to answering via email that she'll call me back or
visit me rather than posting.
However, I'm not suggesting that there is a sex-based bias as to who
prefers what, but I feel that it is an interesting question
nonetheless.

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 zoz