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?
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)
mr_mitm · · focus · HN ↗
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?