A related pet peeve of mine is when people use the subject/title/first-message as a useless statement of intention or a useless greeting, sometimes made very an

A related pet peeve of mine is when people use the subject/title/first-message as a useless statement of intention or a useless greeting, sometimes made very annoying by futile efforts to communicate urgency. For example, an email where the subject is “question”, a slack message that just says “hi” and absolutely nothing else, or a Reddit post who’s title is “[very urgent] hi I have a question pls help”. More often than not, the question is ill-informed, lacks any meaningful context, with the author either disappearing or frantically answering follow ups with “idk”. If you’re going to request/demand someone’s time, at least do them the small courtesy of communicating clearly in the title/subject (for search and visibility), and be prepared to demonstrate that you put in effort. If they are unsure what question, they are free to ask what kind of question is appropriate or what might be a good way to think about a problem. Uninformed queries or requests that demand the helper(s) to think on behalf of the asker are insulting to the helpers time and usually demonstrates willful ignorance and entitlement.