Pema Pera: we don’t use voice here
Pema Pera: only text
Pema Pera: for a handful of reasons
Pattrick Euler: logs
Pema Pera: yes, and in a group anyone can type
Pema Pera: without interrupting others
Pema Pera: while when we use voice
Pema Pera: it is very hard to know when someone else is finished
Pema Pera: no visual cues
Pema Pera: Also — to my suprise — there is a sense of peace in texting
Pema Pera: not sure exactly how to summarize that
Storm Nordwind: It is as you say though about the peace
Pema Pera: how would you express it, Storm?
Storm Nordwind: It comes to experienced text chatters. There is no need to feel as though you have to rush to say things nor that what you say will be ignored
Storm Nordwind: At first with text it is like any other medium - all rush
Storm Nordwind: After a while comes peace indeed
Pema Pera: yes, good point Storm!
Storm Nordwind: And - no one goes unnoticed. Unless they think they are!
Pema Pera: yes!
Pema Pera: text transcends time
Pema Pera: at least for intervals of less than a minute
Pema Pera: whereas spoken words make every second count
Pema Pera: also, text prevent you from being too long-winded
At that point Sky stopped by, and soon afterwards Pattrick and Storm both left.
Sky and I talked about smiley conventions in America and Japan, :-) and
(^_^), respectively. Since no one else came by, I gave Sky a brief tour
of the surroundings. Doing so was fun for me too: explaining basic
camera maneuvers and chatting and IM options, etc, made me relive my
early days in SL, not too long ago.
