AbsolutEnduser
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Do you agree?
"Instant" messaging is better at 5 or 20 minute intervals
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HappyHighwayman
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No. Nobody forces you to respond instantly or keep you eyes on your messages. Yet if the message was delayed 20 minutes you'd better believe people would be annoyed.
AbsolutEnduser
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I think it's better to wait for someone to collect their words and type them out in sentences, before responding
Many people respond with multiple messages... BUT half-sentences, such as:
don't do that
because
we have to go do this first.
In reality if you immediately respond "Why" to "don't do that" , it's just BS wasting time.
....
which goes to the conclusion that instant messaging wastes time because you have to wait for the lamer to type three separate messages, which are instead one sentence: "No, don't do that, because we have to go do this first"
I have a person that routinely responds with a 3 hour delay; or with a half-day to others. Granted I've labeled him as non-reliable AND he's in another country (Camada) so maybe they're slow because of the cold. :dunno
(The unfortunate negative effect is that I don't rely on him
:thumbdown)
AbsolutEnduser
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Oh vey, really?
What if I told you that with the advent of iMessage, iPhone users have stopped using email,
and with the advent of slackpants, office users have stopped using email...
Among other worse cases of 'instant messaging' I see is when people start with
"hi" and then take like a minute or two to actually type their saying or question.
WTF is so instant about that? (BTW, yes an email with "Hi", "Here is my sentence one minute later", could have arrived in the same time.)
One of those, actually typed
"Hi"
in a text-message to me a few times...
(and then, like, her question.)
HappyHighwayman
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I think it's better to wait for someone to collect their words and type them out in sentences, before responding
Many people respond with multiple messages... BUT half-sentences, such as:
don't do that
because
we have to go do this first.
In reality if you immediately respond "Why" to "don't do that" , it's just BS wasting time.
....
which goes to the conclusion that instant messaging wastes time because you have to wait for the lamer to type three separate messages, which are instead one sentence: "No, don't do that, because we have to go do this first"
I have a person that routinely responds with a 3 hour delay; or with a half-day to others. Granted I've labeled him as non-reliable AND he's in another country (Camada) so maybe they're slow because of the cold. :dunno
(The unfortunate negative effect is that I don't rely on him
That's nice. You can invest slow messaging for the iPhone and see how it takes off!
AbsolutEnduser
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HappyHighwayman
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wazzuFreddo
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I’m just happy where I work uses IM way more than email. I hate emails
HappyHighwayman
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I’m just happy where I work uses IM way more than email. I hate emails
Emails give me the chance to write up a complete response and address multiple points and request multiple things. It would be idiotic for me to ping my clients every time I think of "one more thing"
AbsolutEnduser
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No
"Instant messages are better actually."
Illustrated by the wazzuFreddo's response.. people don't use email anymore. Wazzu's post illustrates why this OP exists, as a matter of fact.
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AbsolutEnduser
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The irony of you correcting my grammar
You're welcome
We can as a matter of fact help you out with English
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AbsolutEnduser
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T-level age, baby:
"Txt"ing??? Why do you call it "txting" if it's written on a computer and the message contains embedded images and lolcats?!?!?
So your point is... I should waste more time waiting for the message to finish.
That's exactly the same point as my OP
Thanks! :thumbup I can go do something else for 20 minutes now until you respond
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You mean using your cell phone to send text messages?
Not that efficient if you're texting with an indecisive person on the other end.
I just noticed today someone sent me a Happy New Year greeting on January 1st. I had no idea who it was. The number is not saved in my address book. No, hey it's me, so n so. People assume they're in your address book that they are shocked that I needed to ask, who's this?
Not that efficient if you're texting with an indecisive person on the other end.
I just noticed today someone sent me a Happy New Year greeting on January 1st. I had no idea who it was. The number is not saved in my address book. No, hey it's me, so n so. People assume they're in your address book that they are shocked that I needed to ask, who's this?
HappyHighwayman
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Thousands of SMS sent on Feb 14 one year were sent out like 10 months later all at once...must be weird from ex's or dead people
T-level age, baby:
Quentin's having a good day, I see
I like when I correspond with a coworker one on one and talk about silly things but I can't handle 3 or more IMs opened and flashing at the same time. Makes me nervous, mang