Periods Are Making Your Texts Look Bad

Periods Are Making Your Texts Look Bad

By Matt Picht
December 9, 2015

December 9, 2015

Periods in text messages are interpreted as a sign of insincerity, according to researchers.

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Researchers at the Binghamton University claim adding periods to the end of short text messages can make you sound less sincere.

This video includes music from Birocratic / CC BY 4.0.

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