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Many were fond of starting a discussion with 'ahoy', ending with 'that is all'. Alas, 'hello' and 'goodbye' won the competition.
That is all.
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This is not social awkwardness. This is social efficiency.
No, you've got it all wrong! Geeks aren't socially awkward, they're socially "efficient" Social conventions aren't established by protocol drafts, they're organic. Also, people write long replies for a reason. Wording indicates emotional state. If you have trouble reading emotional state, you don't care. If, like most people, you do care, then this proposal is ridiculous. An example: "How about we schedule lunch next…
There's a time and place for long communication and it's in person. Not in an email.
Annnnnnd this is why geeks have a reputation for social awkwardness.
Sheesh, how hard is it to type out "A one word response would be fine." It takes me less than 10 seconds to type that. C'mon.
If it means "very short reply OK" why isn't it VSRO? "Expected" almost sounds too demanding to me...like you'll actually be disappointed if I write a little more.
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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…
Link should be: http://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Crocker%27s_rules
If it means "very short reply OK" why isn't it VSRO? "Expected" almost sounds too demanding to me...like you'll actually be disappointed if I write a little more.
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How is communication about consensus? You can put others off and still communicate "correctly".
Protocols are about consensus, almost by definition. In computer protocols, we get the consensus before we start using the protocol. In social interactions, we're molding the protocol as we use it. As for communicating "correctly", it's a matter of (mostly) definitions and circumstances whether putting people off and "correct" communication are consistent. You may have transmitted the correct information to someone's…
I agree that not offending/annoying someone is beneficial and might outweigh the message you have to communicate, but that isn't relevant to discussion about the efficiency of the protocol. If in spite of brusqueness, your point comes across, then it's effective communication.
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.