Why Are You Ignoring My iMessages?? | Idea Channel | PBS Digital Studios

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Viewers like you help make PBS (Thank you 😃) . Support your local PBS Member Station here: https://to.pbs.org/donateidea Tweet us! http://bit.ly/pbsideachanneltwitter Idea Channel Facebook! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelfacebook Talk about this episode on reddit! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelreddit Idea Channel IRC! http://bit.ly/pbsideachannelirc Email us! pbsideachannel [at] gmail [dot] com Why are you ignoring my messages? Are read receipts AMAZING or INFURIATING? When you check iMessage on your iPhone, iWatch, iMac, iPad, i…WHATEVER, and you see a little note that says your friend saw your message, but they aren't responding. Why are you ignoring my texts? WHY DOES IT HURT SO MUCH?! WHAT COULD BE MORE IMPORTANT THAN RESPONDING TO MY TEXT MESSAGE? Also, what's up with those people with green bubbles? Aren't they the worst? Join Mike this week on IDEA Channel as he takes a deep dive into read receipts and iMessage! ~Sources~ Why I Hate Read Receipts - http://bit.ly/1aLy6Sj An Open Letter To Those Who Have Their Read Receipts On - http://bzfd.it/1aLy9h2 Semiotics, The Basics - http://amzn.to/1aLxVq6 It's Kind of Cheesy Being Green - http://bit.ly/1aLyhgw ~Assets~ 1:14 Ars Technica article by Casey Johnson http://arstechnica.com/staff/2013/07/why-i-hate-read-receipts/ 1:20 Buzzfeed on Read Receipts http://www.buzzfeed.com/christianzamora/an-open-letter-to-those-who-have-their-read-receipts-on#.mm7ZDnkO5 1:42 Avis de Reception http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avis_de_r%C3%A9ception 3:24 Peircean Method Diagram https://instagib.files.wordpress.com/2011/04/diagram05.jpg 5:58 Green Bubble : How Apple Quietly Gets iPhone Users to Hate Android Users https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20150211/05455029985/green-bubbles-how-apple-quietly-gets-iphone-users-to-hate-android-users.shtml 6:06 On Colors, Gradients, and Chat Bubbles https://medium.com/@eli_schiff/on-colors-gradients-and-chat-bubbles-81783e849839 6:12 Paul Ford Article - It's Kind of Cheesy Being Green https://medium.com/message/its-kind-of-cheesy-being-green-2c72cc9e5eda ~~ Comments: Janootz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpng3BXvg4o&lc=z13pgpjh4verchwos04cgt3h5trfsnvihq40k absurdV https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpng3BXvg4o&lc=z12fvtgrhryuchgzd04cjrdahmm1tffwf0c Kathmhen0 http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsideachannel/comments/314859/how_does_steven_universe_expand_our_ideas_of/cpykz62 William Duke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpng3BXvg4o&lc=z13phf2jvpijedvw004cjjlbkv2ec1fqzvw0k phostex https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpng3BXvg4o&lc=z13ncpbxgn32xxxho04chpjixsfqcxkzj5c Christopher Robin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpng3BXvg4o&lc=z13pxt4gmmqwwxopa04cjjy50vzmifjqw14 Mike Conner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpng3BXvg4o&lc=z12cwpyrgymdwfglh22aerzxdqjwgxmkb Abena Oworae https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpng3BXvg4o&lc=z13wclrrvoyrfhdrm04ccf5qzmzjff4amf4 ~~ Ship us stuff: Thanks to everyone who sent us records! Our mailbox is now closed and we are no longer accepting submissions. MUSIC: "Europe" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Level 5" by Room for the Homeless (http://bit.ly/10N0Ykm) "Bouncy Castle" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) ":P" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Number Cruncher" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Little Birthday Acid" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Topskore" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Anti Vanishing Spray" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Tarty Prash" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Carry on Carillon" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Uptown Tennis Club" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Squarehead" by Roglok (http://www.roglok.net) "Dream Of Autumn" by Night Shift Master https://soundcloud.com/dj-darkmatter- "Insert Toy For Coin" by Eatme (http://eatme.pro/music/) "Dizor" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 "Lets go back to the rock" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 "Something like this" by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440 ~~ Written and hosted by Mike Rugnetta (@mikerugnetta) (who also has a podcast! Reasonably Sound: http://bit.ly/1sCn0BF) Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com)