Researchers say people are more likely to use text-based communication at the preliminary stages of projects.
研究人员表示，人们更有可能在项目的初始阶段使用基于文本的交流方式。
2
When it emerged towards the end of the 1980s as a purely text-based medium, it was seen as a tool to pursue knowledge, not pleasure.
20世纪80年代末，当它作为一种纯文本媒介出现时，它被视为一种追求知识而非快乐的工具。
3
Think of something as seemingly benign as the cellphone—we have microfinance and text-based social networking at one end of the spectrum, and improvised explosive devices at the other.