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> Anyway, the real problem is people who ask “what were you typing?” when you delete your message. That seems so rude to me! I've never actually had this happe
by throwaway287391 6y ago
> Anyway, the real problem is people who ask “what were you typing?” when you delete your message. That seems so rude to me!
I've never actually had this happen to me, but I nonetheless fear it will 100% of the time I start typing something and then delete it. In any IM application that has a typing indicator (especially Slack at work -- I shudder at the thought of typing out a long message in #general), I've taken to drafting messages that require any non-trivial degree of thought to type in a separate box, e.g. a message to myself, and then copy-pasting it into the actual chat.
- silveroriole 6y agoSorry for sniping your reply with an edit. Part of why I don’t like people asking what I was typing - I’m a compulsive redrafter of posts!
- kqr 6y agoHere's what I do: I disable the typing notification locally whenever possible (for example in Slack). Since I'm never reminded of its existence, I honestly had completely forgotten it existed. Makes things much easier. Sure, other people still see that I type stuff, but this in and of itself is rarely the problem for me. My problem is my anxiety around knowing they get a notification when I'm typing. That goes away when I don't see that others are typing.