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The perils of text-based communication

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15 Feb 2006

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,70179-0.html

"Those who sent the messages predicted that nearly 80 percent of the time their partners would correctly interpret the tone. In fact the recipients got it right just over 50 percent of the time."

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