December 29, 2006
Liar, Liar Phone's On Fire
Do you lie? Ever or at all? Seems if you are honest enough to admit your dishonesty, you probably do it on a mobile device such as a BlackBerry. Apparently, technology makes people feel less guilty about lying, but that doesn't extend to email. The poll conducted by UK-based 72 Point, of nearly 1,500 respondents, found that around 75% of them lied via technology. Nearly 70% also said they lied at work, with "being ill" the biggest one.
Interestingly, Karl at Techdirt says some people believe that having to look someone in the eye is why videophones have never taken off. That makes sense, though small screens, slow cellular data networks, and expensive monthly bandwidth plans don't help much either.
Now, what I'd really like to know is whether parents who use SMS txting to chat with their kids lie to them.
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