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Don't Just Say Hello

77 points · 55 comments · ninju

  1. karmakurtisaani · · focus · HN ↗
    A read this advice a while ago, and now it hurts me every time someone goes "Hi (name)" and then you just sit there looking at the 3 dots indicating they're writing something.

    Or worse,

    "Hi (name)"

    "How are you, all good?"

    "A question"

    "Do you know anything about (system)?"

    "I have this problem..."

    Just have a bitnof respect for my time and attention and write your damn message already.

    1. bumblehean · · focus · HN ↗
      >and then you just sit there looking at the 3 dots indicating they're writing something.

      I know it's not exactly your point, but I turned off the "X is typing..." indicator in Slack and it made my day to day life at work surprisingly better.

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