Guessing Intent

If you are given a piece of information on purpose, the first thing you tend to do is work out why this was sent to you. Sometimes the reason is blatantly obvious. What if it is not?

The first thing you respond to will reveal your motivations and how you perceive the information in your mind. If you are not ready to reveal this, it is best to wait or find out the real purpose of sending this in a more direct way. Very often you can’t get a good idea of what is intended, and sometimes this is done on purpose.

This is actually how viral messages work. The message content is vague and not intended for a particular audience. Everyone attaches their own meaning and soon it means something else other than what was intended.

We can therefore make use of this to get people talking. Or we can be at the receiving end and move the message in the intended direction.