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> Worse than the text abbreviations was the level of informality, with no address or signoff. I some times avoid giving signoff or address so-as to avoid wast
by cyphunk 9y ago
> Worse than the text abbreviations was the level of informality, with no address or signoff.
I some times avoid giving signoff or address so-as to avoid wasting a professional contacts time. I assume my contacts may have information overload and will appreciate a short, to the point, email rather than long run-on emails where the point is hidden somewhere between all the syntax. Email isn't an academic paper after all and brevity is typically welcome.
- EduardoBautista 9y agoSame. After a few back and forth emails that sort of formality seems overdone at times.
- DanBC 9y ago"Yours, cyphunk" or "kind regards, cyphunk" add hardly any length to the email, but indicate that you have in fact finished what you meant to say and that you didn't mash [send] by mistake.
- cyphunk 9y agoIt's not hard to to write or read. They feel disingenuous though. The truth is email's are not like letters. A letter of at least one half a page should be the minimum, but an email longer than two paragraphs better be seriously interesting. We've carried over the etiquette of letter writing into a medium where using that etiquette feels much more manufactured.