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Who’s Sorry Now?
Elizabeth Bernstein over at The New York Times has an interesting look at another use for the Internet.
Along with helping people reconnect with old flames, childhood friends and even long-lost relatives, the Internet is giving rise to a newer phenomenon: the decades-late apology.
The Web allows us to converse by email, a form of communication that often makes us braver and more impulsive—and occasionally even more thoughtful—about what we say.
There are even Web sites, such as ThePublicApology.com and PerfectApology.com, dedicated to facilitating our quest for absolution.
And among all those people we are finding from our past online, there is bound to be someone we wronged somehow, right?
In reporting this column, I heard tales of people asking forgiveness for everything from failing to return a library book to dating a college roommate’s ex-boyfriend.
One man apologized to his brother-in-law for telling his sister years before not to marry the man. Another told of contacting a university that had admitted him 13 years earlier and apologizing for never filling out the questionnaire they had sent him asking why he chose not to attend. “I just wanted to set things right,” he said.
Photo by perfectapology.com.
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Elizabeth on January 29th, 2010 3:35 pm
Hi,
I am the author of the “Who’s Sorry Now” article. I would like to make a correction: I write for the Wall Street Journal, not the New York Times. Also, I would appreciate it if you would link to the original article, thereby giving credit to the WSJ, rather than just paraphrasing.
thanks,
Elizabeth Bernstein
RedHotFranchises on January 29th, 2010 5:21 pm
To me it looks more like writing an apology and keeping them to yourself in my opinion. What’s the purpose of writing an apology without the other person to notice your apology? Especially the ones that sent apologies anonymously.
The chances are pretty slim of the other person to search for your apology and have no clue who it is.
They would rather find you through major Search engines and social media networks.
But it’s interesting to look at the many different apologies submitted by other users.
It shows no one is perfect.
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