Omfg, why don’t people use multiple lines to formulate their statement?
I have to hear 10 pings before they are even midway through what they are saying.
Edit: to clarify - it’s not the pings (or any anger or annoyance toward those generally, it’s the purposeless emptiness of them, looking at then individually), it’s the short messages that I read and then have to wait for the next several to even get the picture (and in between returning to whatever I was working on before, several times).
You know it’s gonna get pingy before any substance can be compiled together when the first message is just ‘hi’, then 10+ seconds later the second line drops and it’s like 3 words, and still no subject in slight.
Muscle memory from when people get annoyed that I’m “taking too long”
Sometimes it’s appropriate to do many small messages as you’re writing up the full thing, other times it’s better to wall of text. It depends on the person and context imo
I have it muted, bit still get bubbles on my PC - it’s the fact that I get to read those bubbles & then have time to get back up my work two or three times before they get to their question or whatever.
How many times you get distracted during your work is important to basically all people, it’s just how our brain work (and how much the chemicals of managing such switches get to you in the long run).
And I also want to respond to most people promptly.
But not sending a sensible coherent message as one message is just basic etiquette. One could choose to send emails (or even physical mail) line-by-line too, each line in a separate message.
Or even here - this reply could have been posted in 6 parts.
Omfg, why don’t people use multiple lines to formulate their statement?
I have to hear 10 pings before they are even midway through what they are saying.
Edit: to clarify - it’s not the pings (or any anger or annoyance toward those generally, it’s the purposeless emptiness of them, looking at then individually), it’s the short messages that I read and then have to wait for the next several to even get the picture (and in between returning to whatever I was working on before, several times).
I thought I was the only one being driven mad by this! It’s even better when the messages are all short so you hear multiple pings in rapid succession
You know it’s gonna get pingy before any substance can be compiled together when the first message is just ‘hi’, then 10+ seconds later the second line drops and it’s like 3 words, and still no subject in slight.
Unfortunately shift + enter is too advanced so we get the AOL instant messenger experience.
Muscle memory from when people get annoyed that I’m “taking too long”
Sometimes it’s appropriate to do many small messages as you’re writing up the full thing, other times it’s better to wall of text. It depends on the person and context imo
Yes, ofc, the nuances are part of the digital literacy (and I agree completely - if a convo is two-sided and active, ofc).
But in the initial message, ‘people don’t know’ how long you are writing it.
Also, just put your phone on vibrate or something, Jesus. Such a petty thing to care about.
It’s up there with caring about the color of your text bubble.
I have it muted, bit still get bubbles on my PC - it’s the fact that I get to read those bubbles & then have time to get back up my work two or three times before they get to their question or whatever.
How many times you get distracted during your work is important to basically all people, it’s just how our brain work (and how much the chemicals of managing such switches get to you in the long run).
I guess… It’s the same amount of words so I’m reading the same amount of text. So to me it’s the same level of distraction either way.
The same amount of text but not the same amount of time - waiting for the person to write it vs reading it all in one go.
Especially when the subject is complex (and/or you are busy), this is several minutes.
(The debate, Teams, is work environment.)
You can turn those pings off.
Lol, I know, I’m not bothered by them as such.
And I also want to respond to most people promptly.
But not sending a sensible coherent message as one message is just basic etiquette. One could choose to send emails (or even physical mail) line-by-line too, each line in a separate message.
Or even here - this reply could have been posted in 6 parts.