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I follow a simple rule. If I'm looking for a written conversation, I say hello followed by whatever I want to say next in the same message. If I want to call
by mkl95 4y ago
I follow a simple rule.
If I'm looking for a written conversation, I say hello followed by whatever I want to say next in the same message.
If I want to call someone, I say hello and ask them if they are available in the same message.
I avoid situations in between because they are usually highly entropic and confusing. And sending a single message works, so there's no need to fix it.
- lupire 4y agoYou can do better. "hello, are you available?" creates false urgency and stress. Use "Hello, not urgent, please ping me when your are a available for a live chat. I have a complicated question about $topic."
- mkl95 4y agoThanks, I will be applying that.
- mfrw 4y agoI do start with a Hello, followed by whatever I have to say in the same message. In addition I also annotate with an `<async>`/`<urgent>` at the end as appropriate. It has seemed to work for me.