jackl
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Post by jackl on Mar 9, 2011 18:20:54 GMT -5
My favorite ways to communicate are Facebook and e-mail. Facebook chat I use if I want to chat with my friends. It's convenient and it's almost like chatting in real life. I do feel like there are some major drawbacks though. Such as many times I have trouble understanding how someone meant something. Like Jake said "you just don't know what the person is thinking." I also tend to make many grammatical mistakes on FB Chat which I don't usually mind but sometimes I make too many and no one gets what I'm saying at all. Another Facebook feature I use is the inbox or Personal Message (PM). I tend to use this when I want to tell someone something but don’t feel like having a chat with them or they’re not on Facebook and I need to tell them something relatively important. A third feature I use is Facebook Status. I tend to use this to inform people of what I’m doing. I also find it’s great way to debate without being in person. The status is the topic and the comments are the discussion and ideas. I’ve had about 2 Facebook debates and it seemed to work well. The last Facebook feature I use is fan page or group. I haven’t done this for awhile though. When I did, it was to spread a message to more people then Facebook chat, inbox, or status can’t reach. For example to discuss the French Revolution I made a group for it awhile back. There was even a greater feature for debating, the discussion feature. The other one, the fan page I used for things like my campaign. Fan pages I find are a great way to get the word out and give updates for a particular topic. My last use of online communication I use is e-mail. I use e-mail for more “formal” stuff such as sending something to my parents, contacting a teacher, or subscribing to something. I like e-mail but it’s never my first choice unless it’s to less than 5 person and the recipients are people who I should be formal too. I feel like e-mail just can’t keep up with the number of people you can make contact with on Facebook, in the speed you can make contact with people on Facebook and is definitely not great for sustaining on conversation.
Overall I think all of these are great options but they all have their own purposes for me.
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Ian G
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Post by Ian G on Mar 9, 2011 18:24:09 GMT -5
My favorite ways to communicate depend on why I am trying to communicate. I text, BBM, Facebook, IM, videochat, email, and blog. If I want to talk to friends or just talk to them about whatever I will text, BBM, IM, or videochat. These are fast and take the least effort. I don't like talking on the phone as much as text communication. There are more variables that can go wrong while on a call, people can talk to loud, the call can drop, the wind can be too loud, or you just simply can not hear the person. I email when I am being more formal- work, teachers, teams, agendas- it is a lot slower and is less direct. I also blog(tumblr.com), I do this to communicate with people that share the same interest as I do. It is a creative way to get my feelings out and it is fun to have something of your own, on something that is so big like the internet.
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Post by rachelp on Mar 9, 2011 18:26:02 GMT -5
I can't say I really have a favorite way of communicating because it depends on the situation and the person I am talking to. If I am having a casual chat with a friend or if I have a quick homework question, I prefer to use Facebook messaging or texting, but if I want to talk to a relative who I do not see often or who is my elder, such as my grandparents, I always call them up on the phone. Although phone calls can sometimes be too formal, if I am talking with my best friend or a close relative it is not awkward at all. I also use email for certain things, such as seeing how my friend who lives all the way in England is doing or sending a lot of information about, let's say, babysitting, to someone I work for. Email is useful in these cases because I can check it when I want and the person can reply when necessary. I cannot always use email though, if I need an immediate response, which is why I normally use IM or texting. Overall, I use a variety of online communication for different purposes.
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Post by arelicg on Mar 9, 2011 18:30:59 GMT -5
My favorite way of communicating online is by texting. Texting is easy and fast, and even if the person doesnt respond right away, you know that they got the message. I like it better than calling because you dont have to worry about bothering someone while they are in the middle of doing something. Also, depending on who your talking to, texting can make a conversation less awkward. Overall, I think texting is easier in any situation.
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Post by ribhie on Mar 9, 2011 18:32:02 GMT -5
My favorite way of communicating online would probably be IM or writing on someones FB wall. I think that IMing is nice because you can communicate quicker then Email and get your thoughts out in a more fluid fashion.
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Post by caitlainm on Mar 9, 2011 18:33:40 GMT -5
My favorite way of communicating online depends on what I am doing. I find it easiest to hold a conversation while talking on the phone and it also allows for a connection to be heard and understood, rather than through text messaging or Facebook. Text messaging is convenient in many situations where you do not want to make noise or have a quick question. Email is a great place for long conversations and long term projects and conversations to take place. Facebook is an easy way to see, and talk to people that you see often or not as often. All of these ways to communicate online provide different pros and cons, but for the most part they all have a time when they are more helpful than a different one.
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Post by isabels on Mar 9, 2011 18:41:15 GMT -5
For me email is BY FAR the easiest and most convenient way to communicate. I like to have all the information that I need every day, in one place. I know that if someone is trying to contact me that all I have to do is open up my email and it will be right there. Although it is not as fast as texting someone, I feel it is more reliable for me. I do have a cell phone even though I practically never use it. People who text me on it should expect a reply within the next day or two. My cell phone isn't something I use everyday, while my computer is. If I want to talk to someone right away my favorite method is calling them. Skype is okay, but sometimes it doesn't work or your connection gets interrupted. Calling someone makes it easy to get the point across and it is fast.
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Post by nikitar on Mar 9, 2011 18:50:44 GMT -5
For me, calling someone on the phone and/or texting them is the way to go. When you call someone, hearing their voice just makes the conversation so much better. On the other hand, if you don't feel like taking the time to call someone, a quick text message works best. Sometimes I have conversations with people over texting and I like it better than if it were over the phone. As far as e-mails go, I don't e-mail people for fun. Instant answers are just so much better! Blame my impatience...
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alexc
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Post by alexc on Mar 9, 2011 18:53:53 GMT -5
My favorite way to communicate online is through private chat. Of all they ways to communicate online, I think private chat is the most like a face to face conversation, since the responses and overall conversation has a similar back and forth pace. Skyping and video-chatting is included in the term "private chat", and I think they are the best form of private chat because they actually are, in a way, face to face conversations. I would say my least favorite way to communicate is through email, because a response to the email relies too heavily on how often the other person checks their email. Also, it does not feel like as much of a back and forth conversation, the way private chat does.
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Post by Walter Y on Mar 9, 2011 19:05:58 GMT -5
My favorite way of communicating would be email. I like it because of how easy it is to use. I normally don't use other means of communication ( I don't have a facebook or anything else like that) but I'm sure they have some benefit of their own.
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Post by andrewh on Mar 9, 2011 19:24:47 GMT -5
I prefer chat and texting. I think that online communication has major shortcomings compared to face to face conversation anyway, but for what it is, I like texting or chat best: Even though you hear someone's voice over the phone, it's not the same as talking to them in the most natural way. At the same time it is also more awkward than texting because you aren't at leisure to message at your own free will/pace. I like that when you text/chat, it doesn't matter as much if you can't make immediate contact. You are more certain of eventually reaching the person.
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Post by janicet on Mar 9, 2011 19:29:18 GMT -5
My favorite way to communicate would be through Facebook. Like Ryan said, on Facebook you can do the same things you can do on email, and much more! Like for example, groups, chats, private messaging, etc. And since everyone goes on it, you usually get quick responses. My least favorite would be through email and text messaging. For emails, I usually only use it for school and for those who don’t have Facebook. As for text messaging, its not really a bad way, but it gets quite annoying. When you have a lot to say, you have to type for a while, even if you have a key board on your phone.
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Post by lizag on Mar 9, 2011 19:30:27 GMT -5
My favorite way to communicate would probably be text messaging or facebook/aim. I realize that over the internet people make somewhat of an "avatar" and pretend to be someone, who they wouldn't actually be in person. Thats one of the bad things about online communication. But i feel that over the internet, you can express yourself more and talk to people so that they read what you have to say and process it through their heads. A bad thing about that though is that people can sometimes take what you have to say a different way than you meant it. For example if your telling a joke thats offensive, they may end up getting upset over what you said. But in person you may say it in some kind of tone so the person knows that you are joking and you dont actually mean it.
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Post by brandonb on Mar 9, 2011 19:51:33 GMT -5
To be honest, I don't really have a favorite way of online communication mostly because it depends on who I am trying to communicate with and why. I do email and text frequently because email is really helpful for work or sending long messages and/or documents and texting is easily accessible because i almost always have my phone with me. I have to disagree with Jake A that texting is " the worst thing" because if you can do it well and quick it is probably the quickest and easiest. I do not have a facebook, twitter or myspace partly because I am not to fond of them and partly because i am just not interested or committed enough. I am not too fond because I see too many people who actually rely on it a little too much and I feel it to be a little "fake" where people can act like someone they're not. I've also noticed that some other people agree with me that social networking sites such as facebook require a lot of your attention and in the end, is a waste of time. I do however skype or IM occasionally to connect with old friends but thats about it.
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Post by rachelk on Mar 9, 2011 19:55:37 GMT -5
It's pretty hard for me to chose between texting, facebook chat, and skype for my favorite way of communicating electronically. Texting has its ups because I can text my friends almost anywhere I am and because it's not loud so you can text even when you have to be quiet. The downs of texting is that you can't see the persons face when texting them and you can't actually hear them talking. Facebook chat is quick and easy, but then again, you can't see the person you're talking to and it isn't portable unless you have a phone with internet connection. Last, but not least, skype chatting. It's easy and you can see the person, but sometimes when I communicate with friends from London, it's hard to find a time when they are actually allowed to video chat. So every way of electronic communication has its ups and downs, but all of them are helpful in talking to friends, family, or whoever you want to talk to. ;D
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