Great job, guys! I thought this was a really interesting presentation, and something that is certainly going to influence the way people interact and use their phones. As a non-Blackberry user, I have always thought of texting and instant messaging as two distinct forms of communication. Conversations on instant messenger or Gchat are continuous, and often require intros and outros. Text messages on the other hand may consist of only one comment per person. Because BBM-ing is more like instant messenger, you would definitely think that more butler lies would be told through BBM. I am very interested to see what you discover as you delve into the research. Perhaps by the time I purchase my first Blackberry I won't have to worry about ending a conversation.
Good presentation guys. I found it surprising that relationship closeness was different for people who use BBM vs. people who use TM. Personally I do not have a Blackberry, but I'd imagine that a BBM is like chatting through AIM, while TM is like chatting through Facebook. Not because of the synchronous/asynchronous nature of the chat, but because of the relationship between the individuals. Like BBM, people have to exchange screen names in order to chat with each other in AIM, and like TM, people can simply chat to the other person if they know each other's name or number. It was an interesting find, but it would be more interesting to see how much a relationship can predict the amount of butler lies. I'd imagine that there would be far more butler lies in text messaging for people who were close. I am looking forward to the rest of your research and the design implications that you come up with.
This topic and presentation is completely relevant and significant because smartphones are taking over the world. Especially since I have a Blackberry and use BBM, I can totally relate. It is interesting to see how/if technology and its advancements can change people's behavior and incentive to lie. Furthermore, we're starting to see that technologies like the Blackberry can be used to distance ourselves or bring ourselves closer to whomever at our discretion. Ironically, when technologies should make things easier, perhaps they are giving us more decisions to make, more options to consider. As I mentioned, I am an owner of a Blackberry. I just have some technical issues that I think your group should consider. First, there is the ability to see part of a BBM in the message inbox without having to officially open the BBM. I believe we discussed this in class. There is also that ability to now change the status from "delivered" to "received" without scrolling past the new BBM. I think that was mentioned, too. But one thing that I think we missed in class was that sometimes the red light that indicates one has a message does not blink when it is suppose to. I have this problem with my device. It is possible for people to not see a message unless I open to my main screen.
This was such a great presentation! One thing I was curious about while I was listening to you was how many of you have Blackberries. I don't have a Blackberry, so BBMs have always been an enigma to me. I assumed they were mainly like texts, but they got a special name because of the fancy phones. But they sound really cool and interesting. Something I thought a lot about after your presentation was the role of Blackberries in relationship development. I know you discussed how it would be more likely you only share a Blackberry PIN with close friends, but things happen, and new friends sometimes wind up with your number. Maybe things like the "delivery" feature could make relationships more transparent and ease that element of "Did that new friend get my text? Why haven't they responded?" Just a thought.
I think this is such an interesting topic and you guys did a great job on your presentation. I am a blackberry user and can relate to a lot of what you said. Sometimes, if I haven't gotten a response from someone I will check if they have received the message, which you cannot do with text messaging. I am also guilty of purposely not reading someone's message because I don't want them to see that it has been read. I think that you could delve further into the relationship closeness among people who bbm versus people who text. Maybe you addressed this in your survey, but it wasn't clear in your presentation. I wish you had talked more about your methods in your presentation, so I would suggest that you are clear about those in your paper.
Hey Guys! Great Job! Really interesting topic, that I don't know too much about, since I don't own a Blackberry. I agree with Ellis, that relationship closeness was something that I found very interesting and would not have anticipated. What is interesting to me, is that if there are more Butler lies in BMM, and these individuals have closer relationships, why would they lie more? Seems like you would lie to a stranger/weaker tie, than one of your friends. I think you started to address this in your presentation, but I believe it is worthwhile to consider. I'm excited to see you final results!
So after writing my entire comment the first time and hitting submit, blogspot gave me an error message and my entire thing was deleted, so I will therefore write another, and if my first comment pops up later, so be it. In any case, I want to begin by saying that I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation, partially due to the fact that I could relate completely to the bulter lies phenomenon, partially because you brought up some very interesting ideas about the way people communicate via BBM, and partially, because of the wit involved in your speech. In your results, you found no significant statistical difference in the number of text message lies and the number of BBM lies. I think this can at least somewhat be attributed to your theory that BBM has mechanisms that would prevent lies (such as the D's and R's). In my opinion (as a heavy BBM user), BBM's mechanisms can alternatively be applied to HELP people lie. For example, you can "prove" you never got someones message by never scrolling down into the blue typing box, therefore never changing the "D" marked message to an "R" marked message. Just something to ponder. Regardless, I thought you did a fantastic job. Keep up the good work!
I was really impressed with your presentation given my prior experience with work on Butler lies. I thought that your comparison of SMS to BBM was an interesting one and introduced me to differences that I really didn't realize existed between these two media (as I don't use BBM). I realize that your survey was already a very lengthy one, but I wonder whether including only 5 messages per conversation might have lost some rich contextual information about the nature of interactions on BBM compared to SMS. This might be something to think about in future studies. Additionally, I think elaborating your design implications further would make this paper particularly useful.
I like how the deception aspect of your presentation is underscored by black and gray colored slides (the colors of deception).
As someone who does not own a blackberry, I thought the presentation would be hard to follow. However, you guys did a great job of explaining the various functions of Blackberries. I could relate when you compared certain functions to text messaging and gchat functions.
I will try not to be deceptive when I get my Blackberry, but it's reassuring to know lots of people are.
Fascinating work here, and I confess that now I am reading my BBM messages a little differently.
I also think about what other messages it is possible to send through BBM. For example, I use its feature that broadcasts to any of my contacts what song I'm listening to on my BlackBerry at any given time.
One of these days my wife is going to ask me if I'm in a bad mood based purely on my song selection. Then I'll tell her a butler lie.
I thought you had a really interesting topic. Who isn’t interested in whether people are lying to them? Even though, I don’t use a BlackBerry, I found the presentation to be very relevant. Texting plays a large role in our generation’s life (and I feel that it's only going to get bigger). At times we prefer it over physically calling someone or even face-to-face interaction. It’s to our advantage to figure out how people are using these technologies.
My only critique about your presentation was that it was kind of difficult to understand the results (at least from just looking at the slides). What exactly were the findings? Do people lie more with their BlackBerry? And do people tell more butler lies with their BlackBerry?
As someone who has never told a lie in his entire life, I still found your presentation enjoyable and informative. Your explanation of the circumstances in which people lie and why people lie was easy to comprehend. However, what I found most interesting was your reasoning behind why people with Blackberries would lie less frequently. Since I don’t own a Blackberry I wasn’t aware that one needed a pin in addition to the other person’s phone number in order to chat. After learning this, your assertion makes more sense since “relationship closeness” would have to be higher in order to attain one’s pin. Nice job on the presentation, explaining your survey results and fielding questions afterwards.
I really enjoyed your presentation. As a devoted iPhone user through and through, I am not so familiar with bbm's. What makes someone bbm someone rather than text them? I understand that there is a more back-and-forth, instant-messagey feel to bbms, but why? Is it just faster? Or is it the way that the bbm interface is designed? Maybe you could address some of these questions in your paper. I've always been curious about the difference between texting and BBMing, whether it occurs from design differences, technological differences, or social norm differences.
Great job with your presentation! I recently got a Blackberry (and I’m guilty of BBM & text butler lies), so I definitely found your topic interesting and relevant. I never think twice about messaging a butler lie, and I wonder what the implications are behind the increase you noted in the percentage of butler lies in general? For example, what it might imply about the nature of people’s relationships or about a more general shift in values? Like Jamie mentioned, I also wonder if 5 BBMs and 5 texts is a large enough sample from each participant. Taking more BBMs & texts from each person may give a clearer understanding of the differences between the nature of BBMs vs texts. I’m a fan of your BBM design implications. Personally, when I got my Blackberry I was kind of disappointed that the actual BBM and text conversation screens look the same. This could be just personal preference, but one suggestion would be to consider design implications for the conversation screen. I have a love-hate relationship with my Blackberry so I think improvements in its design is much needed.
I actually participated in this study. I found it difficult and tedious. However, it was really cool to see the results to which I contributed. You made some very educated and well-thought-out hypotheses. One thing to consider changing in the survey is the number of messages for a conversation, especially for text messages. I had a hard time finding a text message conversation where I had sent at least 5 text messages, so I just ended up filling in 2-3 sent text messages.
Great job, guys! I thought this was a really interesting presentation, and something that is certainly going to influence the way people interact and use their phones. As a non-Blackberry user, I have always thought of texting and instant messaging as two distinct forms of communication. Conversations on instant messenger or Gchat are continuous, and often require intros and outros. Text messages on the other hand may consist of only one comment per person. Because BBM-ing is more like instant messenger, you would definitely think that more butler lies would be told through BBM. I am very interested to see what you discover as you delve into the research. Perhaps by the time I purchase my first Blackberry I won't have to worry about ending a conversation.
ReplyDeleteGood presentation guys. I found it surprising that relationship closeness was different for people who use BBM vs. people who use TM. Personally I do not have a Blackberry, but I'd imagine that a BBM is like chatting through AIM, while TM is like chatting through Facebook. Not because of the synchronous/asynchronous nature of the chat, but because of the relationship between the individuals. Like BBM, people have to exchange screen names in order to chat with each other in AIM, and like TM, people can simply chat to the other person if they know each other's name or number. It was an interesting find, but it would be more interesting to see how much a relationship can predict the amount of butler lies. I'd imagine that there would be far more butler lies in text messaging for people who were close. I am looking forward to the rest of your research and the design implications that you come up with.
ReplyDeleteThis topic and presentation is completely relevant and significant because smartphones are taking over the world. Especially since I have a Blackberry and use BBM, I can totally relate. It is interesting to see how/if technology and its advancements can change people's behavior and incentive to lie. Furthermore, we're starting to see that technologies like the Blackberry can be used to distance ourselves or bring ourselves closer to whomever at our discretion. Ironically, when technologies should make things easier, perhaps they are giving us more decisions to make, more options to consider. As I mentioned, I am an owner of a Blackberry. I just have some technical issues that I think your group should consider. First, there is the ability to see part of a BBM in the message inbox without having to officially open the BBM. I believe we discussed this in class. There is also that ability to now change the status from "delivered" to "received" without scrolling past the new BBM. I think that was mentioned, too. But one thing that I think we missed in class was that sometimes the red light that indicates one has a message does not blink when it is suppose to. I have this problem with my device. It is possible for people to not see a message unless I open to my main screen.
ReplyDeleteThis was such a great presentation! One thing I was curious about while I was listening to you was how many of you have Blackberries.
ReplyDeleteI don't have a Blackberry, so BBMs have always been an enigma to me. I assumed they were mainly like texts, but they got a special name because of the fancy phones. But they sound really cool and interesting.
Something I thought a lot about after your presentation was the role of Blackberries in relationship development. I know you discussed how it would be more likely you only share a Blackberry PIN with close friends, but things happen, and new friends sometimes wind up with your number. Maybe things like the "delivery" feature could make relationships more transparent and ease that element of "Did that new friend get my text? Why haven't they responded?" Just a thought.
I think this is such an interesting topic and you guys did a great job on your presentation. I am a blackberry user and can relate to a lot of what you said. Sometimes, if I haven't gotten a response from someone I will check if they have received the message, which you cannot do with text messaging. I am also guilty of purposely not reading someone's message because I don't want them to see that it has been read. I think that you could delve further into the relationship closeness among people who bbm versus people who text. Maybe you addressed this in your survey, but it wasn't clear in your presentation. I wish you had talked more about your methods in your presentation, so I would suggest that you are clear about those in your paper.
ReplyDeleteHey Guys! Great Job! Really interesting topic, that I don't know too much about, since I don't own a Blackberry. I agree with Ellis, that relationship closeness was something that I found very interesting and would not have anticipated. What is interesting to me, is that if there are more Butler lies in BMM, and these individuals have closer relationships, why would they lie more? Seems like you would lie to a stranger/weaker tie, than one of your friends. I think you started to address this in your presentation, but I believe it is worthwhile to consider. I'm excited to see you final results!
ReplyDeleteSo after writing my entire comment the first time and hitting submit, blogspot gave me an error message and my entire thing was deleted, so I will therefore write another, and if my first comment pops up later, so be it.
ReplyDeleteIn any case, I want to begin by saying that I thoroughly enjoyed your presentation, partially due to the fact that I could relate completely to the bulter lies phenomenon, partially because you brought up some very interesting ideas about the way people communicate via BBM, and partially, because of the wit involved in your speech.
In your results, you found no significant statistical difference in the number of text message lies and the number of BBM lies. I think this can at least somewhat be attributed to your theory that BBM has mechanisms that would prevent lies (such as the D's and R's). In my opinion (as a heavy BBM user), BBM's mechanisms can alternatively be applied to HELP people lie. For example, you can "prove" you never got someones message by never scrolling down into the blue typing box, therefore never changing the "D" marked message to an "R" marked message. Just something to ponder.
Regardless, I thought you did a fantastic job. Keep up the good work!
I was really impressed with your presentation given my prior experience with work on Butler lies. I thought that your comparison of SMS to BBM was an interesting one and introduced me to differences that I really didn't realize existed between these two media (as I don't use BBM). I realize that your survey was already a very lengthy one, but I wonder whether including only 5 messages per conversation might have lost some rich contextual information about the nature of interactions on BBM compared to SMS. This might be something to think about in future studies. Additionally, I think elaborating your design implications further would make this paper particularly useful.
ReplyDeleteI like how the deception aspect of your presentation is underscored by black and gray colored slides (the colors of deception).
ReplyDeleteAs someone who does not own a blackberry, I thought the presentation would be hard to follow. However, you guys did a great job of explaining the various functions of Blackberries. I could relate when you compared certain functions to text messaging and gchat functions.
I will try not to be deceptive when I get my Blackberry, but it's reassuring to know lots of people are.
Fascinating work here, and I confess that now I am reading my BBM messages a little differently.
ReplyDeleteI also think about what other messages it is possible to send through BBM. For example, I use its feature that broadcasts to any of my contacts what song I'm listening to on my BlackBerry at any given time.
One of these days my wife is going to ask me if I'm in a bad mood based purely on my song selection. Then I'll tell her a butler lie.
I thought you had a really interesting topic. Who isn’t interested in whether people are lying to them? Even though, I don’t use a BlackBerry, I found the presentation to be very relevant. Texting plays a large role in our generation’s life (and I feel that it's only going to get bigger). At times we prefer it over physically calling someone or even face-to-face interaction. It’s to our advantage to figure out how people are using these technologies.
ReplyDeleteMy only critique about your presentation was that it was kind of difficult to understand the results (at least from just looking at the slides). What exactly were the findings? Do people lie more with their BlackBerry? And do people tell more butler lies with their BlackBerry?
As someone who has never told a lie in his entire life, I still found your presentation enjoyable and informative. Your explanation of the circumstances in which people lie and why people lie was easy to comprehend. However, what I found most interesting was your reasoning behind why people with Blackberries would lie less frequently. Since I don’t own a Blackberry I wasn’t aware that one needed a pin in addition to the other person’s phone number in order to chat. After learning this, your assertion makes more sense since “relationship closeness” would have to be higher in order to attain one’s pin. Nice job on the presentation, explaining your survey results and fielding questions afterwards.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed your presentation. As a devoted iPhone user through and through, I am not so familiar with bbm's. What makes someone bbm someone rather than text them? I understand that there is a more back-and-forth, instant-messagey feel to bbms, but why? Is it just faster? Or is it the way that the bbm interface is designed? Maybe you could address some of these questions in your paper. I've always been curious about the difference between texting and BBMing, whether it occurs from design differences, technological differences, or social norm differences.
ReplyDeleteGreat job with your presentation! I recently got a Blackberry (and I’m guilty of BBM & text butler lies), so I definitely found your topic interesting and relevant. I never think twice about messaging a butler lie, and I wonder what the implications are behind the increase you noted in the percentage of butler lies in general? For example, what it might imply about the nature of people’s relationships or about a more general shift in values? Like Jamie mentioned, I also wonder if 5 BBMs and 5 texts is a large enough sample from each participant. Taking more BBMs & texts from each person may give a clearer understanding of the differences between the nature of BBMs vs texts. I’m a fan of your BBM design implications. Personally, when I got my Blackberry I was kind of disappointed that the actual BBM and text conversation screens look the same. This could be just personal preference, but one suggestion would be to consider design implications for the conversation screen. I have a love-hate relationship with my Blackberry so I think improvements in its design is much needed.
ReplyDeleteI actually participated in this study. I found it difficult and tedious. However, it was really cool to see the results to which I contributed. You made some very educated and well-thought-out hypotheses. One thing to consider changing in the survey is the number of messages for a conversation, especially for text messages. I had a hard time finding a text message conversation where I had sent at least 5 text messages, so I just ended up filling in 2-3 sent text messages.
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