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On the flip side I greatly prefer the indicator. It lets me know if I should wait for a response or move on to other things. When I message someone I wait a few
by joshstrange 4y ago
On the flip side I greatly prefer the indicator. It lets me know if I should wait for a response or move on to other things. When I message someone I wait a few seconds to see if they start typing and if they do I just wait and if not I can start focusing on something different.
- layer8 4y agoOften enough people start typing but then decide to not respond after all (or not right away), so you end up waiting for nothing.
- cgriswald 4y agoOr they're fat-fingered like me and accidentally click a character while trying to close the message app.
- quickthrower2 4y agoOr a “spit it out” response
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- Groxx 4y agoAnd if the typing goes on for more than 5 minutes, you know you're going to need to get a drink and sit down for a while. yeah - typing indicators are handy. Personally I want something that does opt-in. I'll happily share my indicators with people I communicate with regularly, it can be extremely useful to know if a message that's time-sensitive but doesn't require a response was seen ("grab milk too"). I sure as heck don't want to for most public-ish comms though. And I am entirely fine telling people that "I enable it for ~5 people and you are not one of them".
- wildrhythms 4y agoWhats wrong with a simple acknowledgement message like, "ok give me a min" I still do this even with today's typing statuses and I think people recognize the importance of a simple ack