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AbigailII: I'm interested to know whether you adopt the same approach to your interactions with people off the web -- do you ignore body language, facial expression, tone of voice, etc.? I believe smileys are intended to substitute for those nonverbal cues that convey so much of our meaning (as much as 90%, according to some authorities). I'm sure most people would agree that a great deal of information can be conveyed by a wink!
alanback: Considering the ration of smileys vs words some people use, yes, I do ignore people in real live who would act the same as they do here with smileys.
In fact, if people acted the same way outside of the web as they do here, half of them would be locked up.