Maybe just ask the question in the same line as "hello"? Here ya go...
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#32How To Ask Questions The Smart Way Eric Steven Raymond http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
This section should be required reading to get on the internet http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#not_losin...
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#33Yeah doesn’t seem that we need to ACK in slack. It’s a boomer tendency.
> It’s a boomer tendency. wat. No, it isn't. I see it almost 100% from young people who live in India. And that probably isn't the right criteria either - it is probably different people within each organization. This is a cultural thing, not generational.
Not just Indian teens, but Indians in general. Whenever my India based colleague reaches out they always starts the conversation with “hello ”, and then nothing else. If I leave them on read and their patience times out, they’ll then call, irregardless of your status.
Boomers never talk like that.
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#34counterpoint - Sometimes I do this for myself to prompt myself into a reply when I'm finding it hard to compose the message. Once I've said something, no matter how small, I know I have to follow up within in a couple of minutes. It's like a kind of short-term Ulysses pact. Also I'd say this depends on your existing work culture - I've been in places where the expectation is that everyone has Slack messages muted. If…
Huh. I literally never have my phone ringer on. If you want to contact me, slack is a much better chance.
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#35I'm also starting to see this a lot recently:
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#36Maybe just ask the question in the same line as "hello"? Here ya go...
The finest summary of this article!
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#37I see this more often when someone desires synchronous, multi-turn interaction, not simply "when is that thing starting again?". Things where they aren't exactly sure how to ask the question so they want to rely on you asking questions back and then together zeroing in on the solution of some issue.
Hmm you're actually selling we on why this can be useful. They are gaining information in the exchange, like how available you are, how willing to help etc.
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#38love this every time i see it, but haven’t yet had the courage to reply to somebody’s “hey” with it
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#39No hello but time for goodbye? /s
I get it. It’s the same on IRC when people ask if they can ask a question. Just ask the bloody question!
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#40How To Ask Questions The Smart Way Eric Steven Raymond http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
It's related, certainly, as are mine, Charles Cazabon's, and Mark-Jason Dominus's. But it's not addressing what the headlined page is, which is largely a thing that is a behavioural issue on interactive real-time chat fora.
* https://jdebp.uk/FGA/problem-report-standard-litany.html
* https://jdebp.uk/FGA/questions-with-yes-or-no-answers.html
* https://pyropus.ca./personal/writings/12-steps-to-qmail-list...
* https://jdebp.uk/FGA/put-down-the-chocolate-covered-banana.h...
* https://perl.plover.com/Questions4.html
None of us really cover the case where someone is employing a human version of the Nagle slow start algorithm. (-: