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I don't read your email threads

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Re: I don't read your email threads

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Post by tracker1 »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #31
chacha102 wrote: post #6

> Save a vibe today and send an IM instead of an email thread. I would rather the email honestly. IMs usually have the expectation that I'm going to respond to you "soon", which is an interruption/distraction. And they don't contain enough information so I have to start going back and forth with the other person. At least with email, most people recognize that you will respond in your own timing in the next 24-48 hou…

Some people absolutely do not expect a 24 hour response and will reply all in 30 minutes if you do not acknowledge it. Some of us work support development work that demands you cut all focus on your problem and start to write an email response and break away from what you were already working on.

That sucks... for me, I tend to check email about twice a day... usually at the start of the day, and towards the end of the day. During the day, slack/teams is the way to go.

Aside: I REALLY hate the direction teams has taken more and more... like separating the various chat channels and activity notifications for calendar invites that are months away.

Re: I don't read your email threads

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Post by vizzah »

Gmail and other consumer services have deliberately dumbed down e-mail experience. No proper quoting, threads by default (instead of single one by one emails), hidden text, subjects. Consumers were not educated to clean unneeded chunks, instead they're just responding above the fold, creating a mess of a read. I still can't stand long unedited emails, recalling old years of FidoNet and GoldEd mail editor - how clean and neat it was, when every Kb was counted! Still cleaning all my in/out emails and hate to text-encode large attachments.

Re: I don't read your email threads

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Post by giancarlostoro »

tracker1 wrote: post #41
giancarlostoro wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Some people absolutely do not expect a 24 hour response and will reply all in 30 minutes if you do not acknowledge it. Some of us work support development work that demands you cut all focus on your problem and start to write an email response and break away from what you were already working on.

That sucks... for me, I tend to check email about twice a day... usually at the start of the day, and towards the end of the day. During the day, slack/teams is the way to go. Aside: I REALLY hate the direction teams has taken more and more... like separating the various chat channels and activity notifications for calendar invites that are months away.

Wish I had meeting invites months away, all mine are “get in here virtually” despite going into the office to “work together in person” and it not changing a darn thing about how I work lol we call each other to work things out whether remote or in person. Nobody wants to walk over to an office and burn 5 to 15 minutes of small talk.

Re: I don't read your email threads

#44

Post by igouy »

giancarlostoro wrote: post #43
tracker1 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That sucks... for me, I tend to check email about twice a day... usually at the start of the day, and towards the end of the day. During the day, slack/teams is the way to go. Aside: I REALLY hate the direction teams has taken more and more... like separating the various chat channels and activity notifications for calendar invites that are months away.

Wish I had meeting invites months away, all mine are “get in here virtually” despite going into the office to “work together in person” and it not changing a darn thing about how I work lol we call each other to work things out whether remote or in person. Nobody wants to walk over to an office and burn 5 to 15 minutes of small talk.

Except for the people who do want to walk over to an office for 5 to 15 minutes of small talk.

Re: I don't read your email threads

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Post by tracker1 »

igouy wrote: post #44
giancarlostoro wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wish I had meeting invites months away, all mine are “get in here virtually” despite going into the office to “work together in person” and it not changing a darn thing about how I work lol we call each other to work things out whether remote or in person. Nobody wants to walk over to an office and burn 5 to 15 minutes of small talk.

Except for the people who do want to walk over to an office for 5 to 15 minutes of small talk.

I actually miss that the most about being in office. My vision is no longer in a good enough position that I feel safe to drive, though given other people driving, I'm not so sure.

I miss the ad-hoc meetings and lunch with co-workers.

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