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How is responding with "hi" passive aggressive? Why would someone type a potentially large question to a the abyss?

• dumbfounder 7y ago
  It's not the abyss, it's just asynchronous. If you make me say hi back then you have trapped me rather than giving me the option to look at your question, determine the importance, and respond at a time that is appropriate for me.
• drngdds 7y ago
  Because the alternative is to waste the time of the person you're talking to while they sit there waiting for your follow up. You're already interrupting them; no need to make it worse.
• iamnotacrook 7y ago
  Abyss? They know I'm there and worst case scenario is they copy their unanswered question into an email to me.