>You can get 100 "Welcome!" messages from 100 different people, and they could all have had subtly different tones and intentions, you would never know because

>You can get 100 "Welcome!" messages from 100 different people, and they could all have had subtly different tones and intentions, you would never know because it's text. I realise this wasn't the core point you were conveying, however, I feel like the type if miscommunication you describe is extremely uncommon. More often, people just say "oh I didn't mean that" as a retreat from criticism. Otherwise I agree with you.