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Technically, you can demand an immediate response via email (and in some industries, this is quite common). It's the expectations around the channel that matter
by andrewfong 7y ago
Technically, you can demand an immediate response via email (and in some industries, this is quite common). It's the expectations around the channel that matter.
- buboard 7y agoa lot of things matter. Just the fact that there is no pre-loaded text area to respond changes the dynamics of the conversation.
- dcsommer 7y agoAgreed, but I would say that chat channels (and especially 1:1 chat pings) typically have expectations closer to immediate mode compared to other mediums. Because they typically cause a notification and break in concentration, I label them as "synchronous." Any communication medium that does not have notifications and only works via me polling it is asynchronous.