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Toby Quan
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 17:41
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I wonder why the human brain works like it does.

I see many webpages that say things like "Contact Us", when it should really say "Contact Me", or "We’ve been really busy lately working on..." when it should really say "I’ve been really busy lately working on ...".

I myself am guilty of this. For 3 years, I ran the website called www.BardsTale.com, which was a fan site about the classic 80’s game The Bard’s Tale. Whenever I would post an update, I would say "This week, we’ve added...", or "Next week we plan to change the...". I knew very well that I was the only person on the project, but I always posted the word "we". And instead of "Contact Me", it was always "Contact Us".

Why is it that our human nature wants to make it appear that we are always part of a bigger team, or a group, when the effort is just being done by one person?

For all of you people who put "Contact Us" and are really part of a team, this message is not for you. I just keep seeing websites in the DB Community and abroad that say "Contact Us", and all they have on their website is tons of info about one person, which makes you doubt whether it is really a team effort or not.
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Mussi
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 17:52 Edited at: 13th Jan 2004 17:52
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speak for your self just joking, dunno, guess thats just the way it is



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Ian T
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 18:47
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Largely because people like to leave a professional impression so they post 'we' to imply a team.

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Andy Igoe
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 19:28
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We think this is because people frequently suffer from "Dellusions of granduer.".


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TKF15H
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 19:40
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when we (people who say "we") say "we", it's because we are supposedly representing a company. This is something which
normally, is made up of more than one person.

Either that, or they are the direct decendant of the owner
of "the precious"...

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Martyn Pittuck
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 21:48
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ok it could be the 'royal we'

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BatVink
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 21:51
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Some of us are schitzophrenic...no we're not...you are, I've seen you...speak for yourself...How can I when you're speaking for me.

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lcfcfan
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 21:52
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I just have Contact on my site not contact us.

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Renegade
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Posted: 13th Jan 2004 22:01
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Its much nicer the read we will do that and that becuase its give
the reader the filling that he is a part of the site even if he isn't.
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