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[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (8 children)

Damn how old is the average Lemmy user? The amount of people (allegedly) using and expecting perfect punctuation when texting scares me. I never put periods after one-liners except for nuance and if someone else does it looks weird. Depends on the person obviously, for example when my mom texts me I know I shouldnt put much thought into such details.

[–] NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (6 children)

When my mom texts me, she signs every message lol.

-NotMyOldRedditName

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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 2 points 23 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 ;)

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