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"Saying "hey", then typing the next message is the worst" Pro-tip if you're one of those: If you look at the slack interface, there's not a lot of visual diffe
by jerf 5y ago
"Saying "hey", then typing the next message is the worst"
Pro-tip if you're one of those: If you look at the slack interface, there's not a lot of visual difference between two messages in a row, and a single message separated by two newlines (SHIFT-Enter if you don't know how to enter those).
It looks exactly the same to type "Hey.\n\nJust wanted to check up on the status of the de-fooification project. How's that going?" as it is to send those as two separate messages, it looks just as polite on the screen, and it's way less annoying.
- bostonpete 5y agoNot relevant for your "Hey" example but I often do submit successive thoughts as separate messages rather than one less disruptive message because it allows readers to add reactions/responses to the individual thoughts.