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12/7/2010 4:49 PM
It was early in the email days and the company I worked for was new in it also. Although we were a major player in the world of computer security we didn't have a website yet. It wasn't necessary as we had a CompuServe 'forum' and CompuServe paid us for traffic. (It is difficult now to make money with a website!)
I found an old mug from that company and was reminded how far we have come To find us on CompuServe you had to GO NCSA. In those days, companies like Symantec and McAfee were part of our antivirus forum!
And our email addresses were like this:
74774.1326@compuserve.com. It was a big deal when we were allowed to use our names instead of numbers. But I digress.
We loved the quick response time and we didn’t have to get up from our desks to tell someone across the hall anything, I just sent an email. (The novelty hasn’t worn off yet!)
It got so bad one day that I was fighting with my boss via email and I could look out my door into his and see his back as he feverishly typed his FLAME.
Another time the fight erupted over a weekend and 3 guys were flaming each other and copying the only women in the group until she finally stepped in and said there was too much testosterone in our messages and we called down….for awhile that is. (Thanks Pam for a level head!)
That was a long time ago and most of have learned that just because you can say it and you can say it quickly, doesn’t mean that you should say it or send it. In the ancient days of real letters we had to write down our thoughts and mail them. And that letter sat in our outbox for a long time so we had time to consider what we said before we sent it and many times, we tore them up before the postman got them.
There is something too easy or too impersonal about email that people say things they would never say to your face. And because we don’t have the benefit of reading someone’s face, we say things that hurt and don’t even know it until it is too late.
As we all know from our mothers, if you don’t have something nice to say, don’t say it….and especially don’t email it.
Or as Paul might have said to the Ephesians if they had email, “Be very careful what you email--not as hotheaded or arrogant but as wise, making the most of every opportunity [to be nice], because you can never get those words back and they will come back to bite you.”
And that goes for blogs, tweets, posts and everything else. Put your brain in gear before you start your mouth (or fingers for that matter.)
Copyright ©2010 Stephen E. Sands
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