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Last edited by Mw99 on 23 Mar 2008, 3:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I used to think like that, but that's because I didn't really think of much (got to love being naive)
I don't know if that's an Aspie thing or not...

AS people are SUPPOSED to appreciate communication. It is SOCIALIZATION they don't appreciate. The two DO sometimes seem identical, even if not.

yup...I can communicate just fine, it's conversation that has me stumped...

Exactly! I excel at communication, but conversation/socialisation is something else...

Indeed, I know alot of NTs that can keep conversation and socialise well, but their communication skills can be poor, especially when writing over the internet. To some people, writing in a very informal way with little to no grammar is simply a personal preference as they don't want to take the time to write in proper English or sound too formal. But sometimes it crosses the line from being an informal preference to being an appalling, outright disrespect for our language and their own message. After all, if your message isn't worth writing properly, then what is it really worth? Though I do give tolerance and consideration for people who genuinely can't write well, as no one can be good at everything.

I can understand people intentionally writing quickly/not perfectly on things like MSN, as that's live and it's not quite the same as writing a letter. But when people do it on Myspace etc when they have all the time in the world to compose their message yet don't, I find it hard to understand that. One of the reasons why I like DeviantArt over other social network sites is that it doesn't feel so spammy. Though granted, every community has its spammers.

For example, at college we were told to write to a local police Sergeant that we’ll be interviewing in our college’s TV studio (I’m doing a Media course). And sure enough, some people wrote to their Sergeant as if he was one of their Myspace buddies.