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Often I send EOMs to imply a VSRE. For example, "Grill tonight? Have burgers. Off work @ 6. EOM"
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I love this. I'm also extremely fond of EOM (short for End Of Message. An email with a short subject and no body). Often I send EOMs to imply a VSRE. For example, "Grill tonight? Have burgers. Off work @ 6. EOM" Very interested in learning others.
Pro-tip: Use them as TextExpander snippets to avoid getting another message asking you to clarify what EOM/NNTR means as only a subset of people are familiar with & use these abbreviations.
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This is not social awkwardness. This is social efficiency.
BTW. Since we're talking about efficiency down this thread, here's a very nice example of optimizing communication: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Crocker%27s_rules I wish this concept was more widely known though. EDIT: original description ( http://www.sl4.org/crocker.html ) is dead but I found it's contents in cache, so I'm quoting it below: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://... Declaring…
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"Sent from my Samsung" "Sent from my Windows Phone" "Sent from my $OEM" They all follow the same pattern these days.
I prefer "Sent from my phone". Why on earth would I advertise my particular brand of phone?
I love this. I'm also extremely fond of EOM (short for End Of Message. An email with a short subject and no body). Often I send EOMs to imply a VSRE. For example, "Grill tonight? Have burgers. Off work @ 6. EOM" Very interested in learning others.
NNTR: 'no need to reply' is another common abbreviation. Pro-tip: Use them as TextExpander snippets to avoid getting another message asking you to clarify what EOM/NNTR means as only a subset of people are familiar with & use these abbreviations.
When sending a VSR that might otherwise be rude, I just add "Sent from my iPhone" at the bottom. Don't tell anyone.
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NNTR: 'no need to reply' is another common abbreviation. Pro-tip: Use them as TextExpander snippets to avoid getting another message asking you to clarify what EOM/NNTR means as only a subset of people are familiar with & use these abbreviations.
NNTR or NNRT?
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Interesting point. Is VSRE something that empowers the respondent to choose: A "social out from a full polite response"? Or is it a "social obligation to provide a short response?"
Make it explicit - VSR A vs VSR E , acceptable vs expected. But this makes the whole thing unnecessarily complex and I would prefer VSRA - I am fine with getting a very short reply. If it is not possible a, long reply is also fine but try to keep it as short as possible. Different suggestions from the comments. CURT - condensed unfussy reply tolerable CURT - CURT unfussy reply tolerable NLRN - no long reply needed TC…
BRIF - Brief response is fine