Socializing?

Today was a slow day for the messaging service.  We conducted a three hour session and only carried a few conversations, but what little we had to say turned out to be very interesting.  Today’s session was marked by more profanity and disbelief.  Many did not have a message but just repeatedly reminded us that our idea was quite foolish.  I do not understand why people seem to be so antagonistic to things that they believe are beneath them.  These players used quite a few expletives to convey their opinions.

The other conversations that we facilitated were actually conversations between friends.  People who played opposite factions would have lighted hearted conversations.  People seemed to trust us, to whisper intimate messages back and forth faithfully.  It seemed as though player had forgotten that we were real people and thought of us as a mod to the game.  They seemed to not care that we were delivering private and sometimes embarrassing messages back and forth.

I am struck by how trusting some players are.  Those that used our service came in with the assumption that we would transcribe their messages without tampering.  The question that will really interest me is that, who will people actually trust if we were to tamper with their messages?  If we were to alter their messages, would they suspect that it was us or the other player?

I hope things will be more interesting when we try a busier server time!

-Tom

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