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Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Sara Clark — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:21:23 -0000

Yes, it annoys me, it is just damn rude.

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

rebecca — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:33:58 -0000

oh yes totally.... even though i know I am also just often not in the mood to reply to a message and might procrastinate on it for a while for no apparent reason I can get very irritated when I see other doing this...

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Eric Dewhirst — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:59:04 -0000

Ohh I totally agree! I want Facebook to implement a flag that says that the person has read the message. They know when someone loaded the message so they should tell me. Just like my blackberry - I PIN someone and instantly I know that the message has arrived on their device.

Not responding to a message in your inbox is akin to walking away while someone is talking to you. Seriously this is a new world - get with the program and shoot back a quick reply - even if it says - really busy - will try and get back. I can cut some slack if the person you are sending a message to does not know you - or they are known to be busy - like sending Robert Scoble a message - I can let that slide.

Cheers - Eric
www.pickuppal.com

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Jonathan Kleiman — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 10:27:29 -0000

Yea I wasn't saying I was actually being snubbed... just that I can't help but feel like it. It's the "accidental f*** you", after all :)

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Matthieu Moyse — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:32:19 -0000

Hem, isn't it the "social dependence issue" ? Immediacy of response is not a sign of interest for you or the subject at any time... And not responding in the second is not necessarily a way people communicate (thanks to those marvellous tools like email, FB, post mail, fax... to let us think of what to answer).
And you are not alone to question yourself... http://www.web-strategist.c...

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Ling — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:59:00 -0000

Well, what happens in the Inbox stays in the Inbox ~ I think some folks need more time to reply to messages as opposed to other stuff like wall scrawling and status updates. Maybe I'm a hardened soul. If they really wanna reply to you, they will.

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

yazz — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 20:15:30 -0000

i have friends that feel snubbed when someone doesn't add them on facebook even though they are sure those friends know of their facebook presence.

in fact, one of her friends tagged her bf in his bday party album without bothering to add them as a friend.

i guess that's another sort of "accidental f*** you!"

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Wills — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:48:04 -0000

I do. Its called priority management. Maybe your message just isn't important enough to warrant an immediate response!

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Nick Gonzalez — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:12:01 -0000

Definitely had the experience. Sometimes I mark a message for reply in my mind because I want to write a good response, but then I forget to go back to it.

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Jonathan Kleiman — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:53:26 -0000

terrible. Sometimes I get back to my computer and see on my msn:

"hello?"
"HEY"
"WHERE ARE YOU"
"FINE IGNORE ME"
"I HATE YOU"
"ARGGGG"

Re: The Accidental “f*** you!” Phenomenon

Miri — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:49:53 -0000

That happens on IM, too, and I think it's even worse then. Say a lot of people are online, and the person you IM is clearly not idle or away, and they don't respond for a while... :-)