No hello – please don't just say hello in chat
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Re: No hello – please don't just say hello in chat
#2I was reminded of this when I saw a similar website on the frontpage earlier[1].
Re: No hello – please don't just say hello in chat
#3I was reminded of this when I saw a similar website on the frontpage earlier[1]. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=30639225
I've merged the threads because that one is still on the front page and the two are so close that it's better not to have a split discussion.
Re: No hello – please don't just say hello in chat
#4In South Africa you're usually expected to say hi, and how are you, for every conversation. It's a bit time consuming but I do like it.
Re: No hello – please don't just say hello in chat
#5...or please don't convert an asynchronous protocol to sync.
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#6Meh, it's an age thing too. I'm older and daresay I find it _incredibly_ more annoying when people type out a single message over many individual messages
(line, enter send, line, enter send, ... etc.)
When it's particularly bad, I actually hit the DND button on my Mac and go about other business until I think they've finished.
Bear in mind you're effectively tapping me on the shoulder to stop what I'm doing with every message.
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#7The real question is why Tim waits 4 minutes to reply to the "Hello!", but instantly replies to "Hello! ". What a selfrighteous jackass.
Seriously though - as someone who's a 20-year resident in technical channels, who's had to deal with plenty of "Hello!"'s - this website comes off as incredibly condescending and very stereotypical for people working in an IT department.
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#9If you're asking a quick, informational, easy thing, then "Hi! What is the test server name?" is good.
But dropping something upfront that is ambiguous or requiring thought isn't great. If you drop a thorny problem on someone, you may kind of force a context change on them, causing them to drop their train of thought and focus on what you need instead.
You can pre-compose your longer thought/question. Then paste it once any pleasantries are over and you have the other person's attention. They don't need to wait for your typing and you can take your time to compose the right message, if you need it.
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#10Meh, it's an age thing too. I'm older and daresay I find it _incredibly_ more annoying when people type out a single message over many individual messages (line, enter send, line, enter send, ... etc.) When it's particularly bad, I actually hit the DND button on my Mac and go about other business until I think they've finished. Bear in mind you're effectively tapping me on the shoulder to stop what I'm doing with eve…
Circumstances differ of course but it helps to have as few notifications turned on as possible. I don't know how some people manage when their phone or computer is pinging them for just about every random event.