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That is the way to do it. And IMO it should extend to all business communication. I hate getting "hey" in my DMs with no other context. Like...."hey? whats up?". Just get to the point, the day is too busy for this.


Yeah, if you're doing something asynchronous, exploit that fact!

When I message someone on Slack, I usually do something like "Hey! I was wondering if you could help me with..."

There's no need to add an extra blocking factor with this.

There's a manifesto for this: https://nohello.net/en/




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