• Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 day ago

    My parents or rarely messaged folks precede a message by “Hey [my name], <br> (Actual message content)”.

    It kinda tilts me as it’s a chat and not an email and I dislike the mixing of those two medium

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      14 hours ago

      If it’s my first message to someone or first message in a long time I’ll start by saying who I am just in case they’ve changed numbers or lost my contact info or whatever. But obviously I’m not going to do that every few weeks/months

      • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        14 hours ago

        That’s reasonable.
        My dad doesnt do that and preceeds every message chain with a greeting.
        He doesnt do it in a short term context but if a message is longer than (feels like 3 weeks), there will be a greeting.

        Not infuriating but it does kinda grind my gears ;)