Do you know that people misunderstand sarcasm in text?

Updated by Brady Stroud [SSW] 1 year ago. See history

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According to Sydney Morning Herald's "[Flame emails missing the mark](https://www.smh.com.au/national/flame-emails-missing-the-mark-20060216-gdmze2.html)":

> "The senders of email messages expected their partners to correctly interpret their tone nearly 80% of the time, but in fact, they only scored just over 50%... Those attempting to interpret the message believed they had scored 90% accuracy".
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Because there is no "tone of voice" in an email, sarcasm can easily be misinterpreted by the receiver. You can use a smiley face or emoji to soften it up a bit.

<emailEmbed
  from=""
  to="John"
  cc=""
  bcc=""
  subject="Keeping our office clean"
  body={<>
    ## John

Make sure your office is clean when clients come in - you might scare them away with all that mess.
  </>}
  figureEmbed={{
    preset: "badExample",
    figure: "Example",
    shouldDisplay: false
  }}
/>

<emailEmbed
  from=""
  to="John"
  cc=""
  bcc=""
  subject="Keeping our office clean"
  body={<>
    ## Hey John

Make sure your office is clean when clients come in - you might scare them away with all that mess :)
  </>}
  figureEmbed={{
    preset: "goodExample",
    figure: "Example",
    shouldDisplay: false
  }}
/>

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Adam Cogan
Cameron Shaw
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