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Well, it shows in some people's typing as well. They try to imitate their verbal communication and actually type "hmmm" or something like that. Drives me nuts.
by 746F7475 10y ago
Well, it shows in some people's typing as well. They try to imitate their verbal communication and actually type "hmmm" or something like that. Drives me nuts.
- PaulRobinson 10y agoHmmm. Sorry. :-) I do this sometimes when in a conversational tone say on Slack or IRC to show I'm actually thinking/confused by the direction the conversation has taken. I think this is better than the person I'm interacting with thinking I've just bailed. This is not the same as, uhhh, me, uhhh, like, uhhhh, putting filler words into, uhhh, my writing. It is used to enhance the communication by making it more representative of a good conversation, as opposed to using filler words.
- 746F7475 10y agoI don't think chat needs stuff like that. It doesn't give anything to the conversation, you could just think in silence
- pandler 10y agoSure, but a read receipt (if you even get one) is ambiguous. I can assume that you're thinking about how to respond, but responding immediately with "hmm" is an explicit acknowledgement indicating that you need to need a moment to consider. If it seems weird, I'd chalk it up to the general awkwardness of trying to translate useful, non-verbal aspects of communication into textual analogs.
- qiwudqhwid 10y agoTyping "Hmm" is almost exclusively used for politeness in situations when a) you don't want to contradict someone directly and b) don't want to sound pompous.
- pluma 10y agoOr as a short hand for "I have read your message and I am thinking of a response."