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If you spent even a nanosecond considering these other people, you might stumble upon the hypothesis that these people are trying to port the way they interact
by drawkward 2y ago
If you spent even a nanosecond considering these other people, you might stumble upon the hypothesis that these people are trying to port the way they interact with others in meatspace to an IM channel, rather than assume some form of mental illness.
- acjohnson55 2y agoI think it's actually people bringing their norms from social instant messaging tools.
- drawkward 2y agoI could see that too, but in most f2f interactions, you also start with a greeting. What does the greeting accomplish? Nothing substantial, but it probably has some broader cultural value akin to establishing goodwill or the like.
- antisthenes 2y agoAnd if those people stopped for a nanosecond and considered other people, they might come to realization that an IM is not the same as meatspace, and maybe there needs to be some adjustment to an async model. Also, giving context is good, regardless of medium.
- drawkward 2y agoIf you really think that people are going to break the widespread cultural norm of greeting others at the beginning of a social interaction because of some grumpy engineers, youre gonna have a bad time