Board:   [fsxNet] fsx General
Subject: Re: Quitting the smartphone
From:    Adept(21:2/108)
Date:    Sat Aug 22, 2026 07:54

 pF> 1. "hello" chat messages. They'll wait for you to respond then treat it
 pF> like a synchronous comms method. Instead, include your request or
 pF> pertinent information in the intro and I'll have the information needed

I do hate this one. Heck, nohello.net is a go-to for explaining why it's terrible.

I've gotten used to it, with some people, but I still tend to treat a "hello" as something where I wait for the person to send the next line of text.

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