Questions tagged [online-interaction]
Questions related to interacting with others online, including via chatroom, social media, audio/video chat, or any other method of communicating online. Can also be used for long-distance-relationships, or just friends you have met online.
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How do I cope etc. with someone who thinks they're in love with me doesn't seem to care about me at all? [closed]
How do I cope etc. with someone who thinks they're in love with me doesn't seem to care about me at all?
The precise dilemma is how I can get someone who may have been following me on-line to talk to ...
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How can I do mirroring online, similar to my mirroring in person?
TLDR: I'd like to be able to use mirroring online, similar to how I do this in person, and change my communication style online so that it will be more well-received by people, and be more similar to ...
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How do I kick one person out of a friend group, without alienating those who support them?
I have a group of friends I like to hang out with on discord nearly every evening. We have known each other for over a decade now and even if someone moved away, they'll still be online regularly.
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How to contact a girl classmate, being a boy, whose number I got from her school friend? [closed]
I am a 15-year-old schoolboy. This year a new girl took admission in my class.
More than often, in the beginning, I saw her staring at me. Sometimes even I gave a look to her. This happened for many ...
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How to handle overly praise for superficialities that make me look better off than the other person?
So I met this person (opposite gender) online and we were just getting to know each other. I noticed I am struggling a lot with talking to someone who may think themselves - at least on a superficial ...
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In online dating, how do I ask a date why she seems so disinterested?
I (male) contacted a woman (19 years old) through an online dating service. We have been exchanging messages for three weeks now. She lives not far across the border in a neighboring country, but ...
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How to better react/respond to a friend who rejects your advice but still keeps asking for your help?
I find that it’s particularly hard for me to help someone when they want my help but I disagree on what’s helpful? Especially when I’m seen as an expert.
Instance: Friend for years messages me,
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How to start the interaction in one online meeting in a friendly manner?
I have always had some issues to start interactions. Things usually go smoother when the other person starts talking. But there are times I need to start the interaction and I often end up doing it in ...
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Trust issues with male friend: how to make him understand I can't tell him about everything?
I have recently become close friends with a male classmate in my college.
It started with simple straightforward discussions about academics. Then we have grown closer as friends and we daily exchange ...
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How to offer my availability ( time and date ) when I ask for interview?
For some research I have to interview expert in the field.I try to it via LinkedIn, so the people I approach have never met me in person.
I can easily approach them and convince them for an interview.
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Dealing with a problem Forum user without driving them away
I'm one of the moderators of a users forum (Forum X) dedicated to a single software product. We have 5 moderators; and 2 of us including me are also Forum Admins. (I'm also a moderator of a Stack ...
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How to proceed after being ignored on Dating app?
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I matched with a woman on Facebook dating, had a short chat with long delay between messages, but all seemed very enthusiastic. In the end she agreed to have a beer with me, I suggested a day ...
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How do I ask people out in an online group?
For the past few months, I've been participating in a group on MeetUp.com. This particular group holds a weekly social event on Zoom and plays online games together every few days. (The issues below, ...
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How can I support someone I don't really know through a divorce?
A person I know online from a writing site recently had her parents get divorced. I first messaged her about a month or two ago, probably mid December before Christmas. As far as I can tell, which isn'...
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How to be there for my friends during the pandemic?
2020 was a bad year for (face to face) human interaction, and 2021 is going down the same route (at least in my country, and in many others for sure).
For almost a year now, I have barely seen my ...
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Asking teacher to fix course software in group chat to speed up resolution
My child is currently taking online lessons due to Corona lock-down. The teacher takes about 40 minutes to explain today's lesson and then the children (7, 8 year) do exercises online and offline with ...
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How to express that you are here to listen without missleading them about your feelings?
In a social network group (Twitter), there is a boy who shows signs of loneliness and needs for a partner but with immaturity. This group is made of know unknown people and I know him less. And his ...
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Offering help to an online friend who just lost their parent
A friend I met a few months ago over online classes recently (this morning, a few hours ago) lost their father. I live around 12+ hours away from them, so as much as I would like to I cannot go and ...
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How can I contact a long-lost friend I tracked down on the internet without being creepy?
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About 15 years ago I used to frequent a particular online forum and had made many friends there. I still have contacts for most of these friends. One friend in particular though, despite ...
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How to politely ask a friend not to play online games with us?
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of friends and I have started online gaming a lot more frequently as a social activity instead of the usual going to the bar / playing sports / pool ...
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How do I support a friend on Social Media who contacted me directly about something I don't want to be involved in?
This has to do with the events going on regarding racism and discrimination. A good friend of mine is black. He recently posted something on social media saying "if you say 'all lives matter' ...
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How to politely let someone know that their feedback is unhelpful?
I am on a forum where I frequently post creative projects in progress before publishing them. I ask for constructive critique / feedback / opinions on these projects from fellow creators. Sometimes ...
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Do most people think they are all correct? How could we interact with people on the Internet if we'd like to give some advice? [closed]
This is related to interpersonal skills on the Internet.
I almost wanted to buy an item on eBay, but the item in the photo was placed on a bed with the bed sheet not only all wrinkled up, but there ...
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How to tell other video game players it's not okay to ask for certain items repeatedly?
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In a certain video game, people can trigger a certain event, using items they have to work for to get (It is considered a moderate deal to get the items.) The event is wanted by all people,...
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How to apologize for an unintentional personal attack?
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I'm quite attached to people whom I know for a long period of time. However I met this girl A about a year ago. We share quite a common family conditions, we both accept the family ...
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How to discuss the lack of effort in a friendship without causing conflict?
About 3 years ago I moved from Canada to Ireland.
While I didn't have many friends in Canada, I have a friend that I've been very close to for over 20 years. In the first 2 years after I moved to ...
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How to make amends when you completely misread someone's intention?
I am playing an audiogame. I am killing some animals in the forest area of the game in order to achiev a milestone. I am the only one in this area. Suddenly a new guy appears (called x). I could tell ...
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How to politely ask for a price for a commision, when I only intend to ask?
I wanted to ask for a price for a commission from an artist. However, my budget is lower than what I think the commission would be worth, hence I intend to only ask for the price and not buy the ...
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Pointing the index fingers to one another as a way to excuse oneself: is this a common gesture?
I grew up in Italy, and there is a gesture I use that I'm wondering whether is strictly Italian or is used/understood elsewhere.
It means either of:
"I know this may bother you, but I'd really ...
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What is the etiquette around greetings in online communication in India?
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I work with people from a rather diverse set of cultures. We are spread across several cities, so most of our communication takes place on Slack.
I have several co-workers who are from ...
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How to ask for my money back without damaging my relationship with this person?
This situation involves three people:
Myself
An online friend and artist (we'll call him Saxton)
My SO (we'll call her Reva.)
I don't know Saxton's age exactly, but I don't think anybody here is ...
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An Unusual Gratitude
A few years back as a student in an Indian university, my affair with a girl (call her A) and the subsequent break-up became a public affair. A had no role in this publicity and she had already ...
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How to initiate a conversation with a person who recently had transition but you were not in touch with them?
I had a family friend/classmate/neighbor who I have not been in touch with for more than a decade and we were never friends but on friendly terms in childhood. Two years back I got to know that she ...
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Negative feedbacks and "Language smoother"
I don't know what is the "scientific" term for that but I noticed that, when people give negative feedback, they sometimes use "tricks" to make their words less harsh.
For example, they will use ...
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How to make a gift without seeming creepy?
This month I'm going to visit London, how Pokémon fans knows for a very limited time in London will open a Pokémon center and I'll be there in that period. I'm very happy for what was a lucky ...
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What techniques I can use in conversations with my schizophrenic friend?
I have a friend who I've known for over forty years. Early on in our friendship, my friend was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia and has been on medication and psychiatric care ever since. There ...
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How can I keep acquaintances interested in my work without spending too much time
I am a music and video producer half of my time, not an hobby though, since I am released, make a bit of money, and have my work reviewed in online and paper magazines.
The thing however is that ...
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Asking an over-anxious friend to stop flooding me with negativity
I have a young friend (25 years old) who keep complaining to me by message regarding each and every little problem he is facing in life, dramatizing those to the extreme. He seems in a constant state ...
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How to gently end involvement with an online community?
Since 2011 I'm a member of an online community for Animal Crossing players. Sadly many things are changing in gaming world and many of these changes combined with new interests which I have found in ...
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How do I start a conversation with a friend I had a crush on in junior high?
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I met the person when I went to tuitions during my high school junior year. We didn't explicitly talk to each other as I was really shy but had some small talk here and there. As I didn't ...
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Is it OK to delete old tweets about events that are no longer relevant? [closed]
Here's some context:
the twitter account is owned by an organisation
they post content infrequently
some of the tweets are referencing an old event that is no longer relevant; people who go on the ...
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How to politely ask for verification delay?
I've worked in a market. Suddenly they stopped my work for verification purpose. They requested me to provide a student ID card. I've sent a scanned copy of my Student ID card for verification. One ...
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My girlfriend occasionally blocks me on social media
We have known each other for almost a year, and have been dating for more than 6 months. Most of the time it has been going really well; we like each other and enjoy each other's company. For most of ...
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How can I indicate that what I'm saying is not sarcastic online?
This question is the exact opposite of How do I indicate sarcasm/irony online?. Sometimes some of our words that are meant to be understood literally look like sarcastic. When we are indicating that ...
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On what to compliment someone with anorexia in order to improve their body image?
I'm in an online support group for people with anxiety, depression and these kinds of things (I already talked about it in this question).
The other day, someone with anorexia (her words) posted a ...
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How to help a stranger (woman) in an abusive relationship?
I'm in an online support group for people with anxiety, depression and these kinds of things and, in this group, people would often post things about the difficult situation they are in.
Recently, a ...
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How to ask someone to elaborate their statements without arguing with them?
It has happened many times to me. Also, but not exclusively, on *.stackexchange sites.
Someone makes a statement. Often, but not always, they do this as a response to a question I asked.
What they ...
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How to ask someone to not try to fix your issues
Sometimes, you talk to someone about a problem you are facing and what you want them to say is something like:
Oh yeah, that sucks.
However, the person might not get the hint and well instead tell ...
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How to address an online gaming community about our decision to allow back a player who used to be toxic?
There has been a very toxic person to the community of a multiplayer Minecraft server I'm a moderator on (I'll call them Mr Toxic from now on). Apart from using really irritating cheats (the cheats ...
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How to address a formerly toxic player in my community that we caught using a sockpuppet account?
There has been a very toxic person to the community of a multiplayer Minecraft server I'm a moderator on (I'll call them Mr Toxic from now on). Apart from using really irritating cheats (the cheats ...
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