Hello's an established communication protocol that allows the speaker to verify the target is available, listening and ready to initiate a conversation. I've only ever seen this site quoted to defend people's brutish behaviour. If we're going to discard centuries of consensus, I say why stop there.
If you gotta call someone for support, do you say hello and wait for them to say hello back or do you just unload your question?
> If we're going to discard centuries of consensus
are we? imo there's just a different form of consensus for async communication, a more apt comparison would perhaps be a snail-mail letter: would you send a letter with "Hello!" and wait for a reply? just include the hello with the rest of the message :P
maybe the disconnect people are having with this is whether instant messaging is actually async, or does one draw the line at email?
> Hello's an established communication protocol that allows the speaker to verify the target is available, listening and ready to initiate a conversation
Which isn't relevant at all in asynchronous communication methods like messaging.
> If you gotta call someone for support, do you say hello and wait for them to say hello back or do you just unload your question
Phone calls are not the same communication mechanism as instant messaging. Look at the timestamps in the mock screenshots and think about holding the other person on the phone for that long before you say your second line.
pluc · · focus · HN ↗
smart guy, ahead of time: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K-L9uhsBLM" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K-L9uhsBLM
let's do letters next? (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Minnow_Pea" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Minnow_Pea)
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pluc · · focus · HN ↗
If you gotta call someone for support, do you say hello and wait for them to say hello back or do you just unload your question?
throawayonthe · · focus · HN ↗
are we? imo there's just a different form of consensus for async communication, a more apt comparison would perhaps be a snail-mail letter: would you send a letter with "Hello!" and wait for a reply? just include the hello with the rest of the message :P
maybe the disconnect people are having with this is whether instant messaging is actually async, or does one draw the line at email?
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bluefirebrand · · focus · HN ↗
Which isn't relevant at all in asynchronous communication methods like messaging.
> If you gotta call someone for support, do you say hello and wait for them to say hello back or do you just unload your question
Phone calls and messaging are different.
yencabulator · · focus · HN ↗