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Or perhaps you can stop asking others to adjust to your behaviors and not sit idly by waiting for someone else to type something to you? Isn't that how async c

by junon 5y ago

Or perhaps you can stop asking others to adjust to your behaviors and not sit idly by waiting for someone else to type something to you? Isn't that how async communication is supposed to work?

idontwantthis 5y ago
I can’t easily switch contexts while waiting for something else to happen at an unknown, but likely soon time.
- junon 5y ago
  That's nobody's problem but your own.
  - idontwantthis 5y ago
    All right, buddy.
hobs 5y ago
PING Hi ... wait two minutes... PING How ya doing? ... wait two minutes PING Hey do you have a minute? How much attention do you have to be reading brain farts all day?
- junon 5y ago
  If this is a time/attention suck for you, turn off notifications or adjust some other way. Or perhaps just learn not to let the incredibly miniscule things bother you.
  - hobs 5y ago
    That's good advice. It's also good advice to learn to communicate effectively and briefly.
chefgoldbluum 5y ago
You haven't understood the problem. A: Hi (expecting a response from person B before continuing) B: Hi A: proceeds with start of questions or comment The first problem is that A may, as you say, sitting idly by waiting for B to say "hi" back. I.e. the first person may not understand how to effectively communicate in an async setting. The second is that "hi", then waiting for a response, can signify to B that A wants an active, real-time conversation - not an async conversation. The ambiguity of "hi" may cause B to deliver complete attention, which has real costs. Unfortunately, A might just be being polite (in a misguided way) or they have jumped the gun and spoken before they have thought about what they want to say. This is a very real communication issue that has causes a real productivity loss from high performers that have to unblock people frequently.
- junon 5y ago
  > This is a very real communication issue that has causes a real productivity loss from high performers that have to unblock people frequently. [Citation needed] In 12 years of working professionally, a "hi" nas never been a blocker, neither for myself nor any of my teammates.

by junon 5y ago

Or perhaps you can stop asking others to adjust to your behaviors and not sit idly by waiting for someone else to type something to you? Isn't that how async communication is supposed to work?

idontwantthis 5y ago

I can’t easily switch contexts while waiting for something else to happen at an unknown, but likely soon time.

junon 5y ago
That's nobody's problem but your own.
- idontwantthis 5y ago
  All right, buddy.

hobs 5y ago

PING Hi ... wait two minutes... PING How ya doing? ... wait two minutes PING Hey do you have a minute? How much attention do you have to be reading brain farts all day?

junon 5y ago
If this is a time/attention suck for you, turn off notifications or adjust some other way. Or perhaps just learn not to let the incredibly miniscule things bother you.
- hobs 5y ago
  That's good advice. It's also good advice to learn to communicate effectively and briefly.

chefgoldbluum 5y ago

You haven't understood the problem. A: Hi (expecting a response from person B before continuing) B: Hi A: proceeds with start of questions or comment The first problem is that A may, as you say, sitting idly by waiting for B to say "hi" back. I.e. the first person may not understand how to effectively communicate in an async setting. The second is that "hi", then waiting for a response, can signify to B that A wants an active, real-time conversation - not an async conversation. The ambiguity of "hi" may cause B to deliver complete attention, which has real costs. Unfortunately, A might just be being polite (in a misguided way) or they have jumped the gun and spoken before they have thought about what they want to say. This is a very real communication issue that has causes a real productivity loss from high performers that have to unblock people frequently.

junon 5y ago
> This is a very real communication issue that has causes a real productivity loss from high performers that have to unblock people frequently. [Citation needed] In 12 years of working professionally, a "hi" nas never been a blocker, neither for myself nor any of my teammates.