Posted on August 22, 2006 at 12:59 PM in experiments
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Does your sense of humor come across better in person, or in instant messaging? Which version of you is funnier?
Update: The site hosting the poll appears to be slow right now -- please bear with me. If the trouble continues, I'll temporarily turn off the poll.
Comments
I'd imagine more folks will go for #B on this one. IM gives you a few more seconds to work out what you're going to say and and how you're going to say it. Real, face-to-face conversations don't give you that chance. Real conversations just aren't as giving I guess.
Posted by crvs | August 22, 2006 4:38 PM
I'm a #B man too, but so far #A (in person) is ahead, 9-5-2. Part of that could be that the poll service has been fighting a spam attack all afternoon and has been intermittently available.
I'd also add that deadpan comes off much better in IM.
Posted by Dave C. | August 22, 2006 8:04 PM
Humor, and keep the faith
Posted by larry | August 23, 2006 9:40 AM