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by abbreviating, it seems like you value your own time higher than the other person, like their message is not worth writing a whole word in response. At least,
by beaconstudios 5y ago
by abbreviating, it seems like you value your own time higher than the other person, like their message is not worth writing a whole word in response. At least, that's how I might feel about it. That and it feels a bit like that sketch in The Office where Kevin drops all his interstitial words for "efficiency" and ends up sounding brain damaged.
Obviously that's not the intent, but as per the article, work-related IMs and emails can heighten negative perception and such.
- WalterBright 5y agoACK (06) is ASCII for Acknowledge. "In data networking, telecommunications, and computer buses, an acknowledgment (ACK) is a signal that is passed between communicating processes, computers, or devices to signify acknowledgment, or receipt of message, as part of a communications protocol."
- beaconstudios 5y agoyeah I know, it's also the first packet in a TCP handshake. Being a nerdy reference may help in some cases, but not others.
- beaconstudios 5y agofirst response packet*