Semiliteracy Is The New Sincerity

by Alex Balk December 9, 2015
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“A new study suggest[s] you should watch your punctuation when you send text messages or you may be sending an incorrect emotional message. Researchers at Binghamton University discovered text messages that end with a period are perceived to be less sincere than messages that do not.” Also: “[A] text response with an exclamation mark is interpreted as more, rather than less, sincere.”

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