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Mein bester Freund ist jetzt ein SMS-Butler
(My new best friend is an SMS butler)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 28.1.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | emojis, Google, marketing, politeness, texting
Summary | A new text messaging service is available: an SMS butler. It is an actual human who can be contacted via text message at all times to perform little tasks like find out some simple information (that one is too lazy to Google) or order pizza. The former taks is free, the latter one costs a little extra. The butler takes a provision on services that require payment. He is however always very happy to perform his task - whether he gets paid or not. This is indicated by the obligatory smiley face attached to every message.
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Heute: Anrede
(Today: form of adress)
Newspaper | Die Zeit
Date | 18.2.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | email, marketing, politeness, word/writing
Summary | The German distinction between two different registers for the secon person singular pronoun seems to have deteriorated online. The polite form is hardly ever used online, for instance in email communication as though the digital medium makes it okay to suspend all rules of politeness. Even online companies gear their their online marketing communication towards digital intimacy (using "Du" instead of "Sie") so that users/customers are more friendly and forgiving of their company.
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Erfolgreiches Netzwerken geht auch ohne Facebook
(Successful networking is possible even without Facebook)
Newspaper | Welt
Date | 6.3.2017
Language | German
Country | Germany
Topic Tags | Facebook, politeness
Summary | Facebook enabled event organizers to reach thousands of people. Because of these masses of invited people, accepting an invitation stopped being binding. Now the trend is towards smaller, more exclusive events for networking. Accepting an invitation to a smaller event is more binding and networking works better if the company is overviewable.
Image Description | A Getty image of a cocktail party and a portrait of two network specialists.
Image Tags | female(s), male(s)
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