Share you text etiquette suggestions

[Anonymous]

Is this for real?!

[Anonymous]

Doncha just love the peeps who text you and if you don't respond right away text "??????!"
and if you text them and they don't respond you patiently just wait to get a response or they may never respond.

[Anonymous]

Ok serious question - is it rude to end a text in a Period?

[Anonymous]

Texting is the best! I've saved countless hours by limiting phone conversations. Women talk too much and too long. I don't answer calls unless it's my husband/son or lover (jk). Email is for business and acquaintances for the added benefit, "oh I missed it, it went to spam."

[Anonymous]

If you have information to share with me write it all at once and send it in an email so I have a record and you have a signature that tells me who you are. Texting is good for “I’m here - where are you?” But deep conversations or complicated meeting arrangements, write in whole paragraphs.

And never text something you don’t want a record of.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I think some people need a guide to texting. I remember back when email was just becoming big people made all sorts of mistakes like putting messages in all caps (yelling) or CCing the whole world with back and forth convos. Here are my texting suggestions for the clueless. Please add yours.

1. Don't assume I want a text from you if we have not discussed taking it to that level.
I personally only text with my husband occasionally and my close friends text if it's urgent. Otherwise I prefer email. I find it strange when people I am not close to text me without asking me if it's OK. Some of them become downright obsessive with the texting until I have to actually request that the person use email. If we are not close I don't want my phone beeping at me because of you.

2. Sign your name to your text if we are not close
I only know phone numbers of my inner circle. If you aren't part of that and you text without putting your name I will wonder who texted me and I will not take the time to phone number match.

Your first suggestion is extraordinarily strange. You're not having sex with the person, s/hes just communication in the most efficient way. Chill, grandma.

It's polite to ask people how they want to be contacted. it is rude to assume you are a person someone wants a notification from. Even worse if it is the person's work cell. I never get someone's phone number or email without first even asking if they want to be contacted. The people who just assume they can text you are the same ones who get bent out of shape if you don't respond ASAP.

It is worse with kids where my nephew got texted 12 times by a "friend" who wanted to hang out. He finally got back to the friend "no thanks." Would you call someone's phone 12 times and leave 12 messages on the answering machine?

You know you can turn off notifications, right?

It's useless unless you can block someone. I want my kid keeping notifications on in case I text, but nobody wants some kid harrassing your kid because they cannot wait for a response.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Ok serious question - is it rude to end a text in a Period?

No.

[Anonymous]

I feel like this post is from my Facebook group that makes fun of boomers. I love texts.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If I don’t reply as promptly as you would like, do not send me ????

What does it mean "do not send me"?

Poster meant don’t send “????” as a follow-up if the person doesn’t respond immediately/as quickly as you would like.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think some people need a guide to texting. I remember back when email was just becoming big people made all sorts of mistakes like putting messages in all caps (yelling) or CCing the whole world with back and forth convos. Here are my texting suggestions for the clueless. Please add yours.

1. Don't assume I want a text from you if we have not discussed taking it to that level.
I personally only text with my husband occasionally and my close friends text if it's urgent. Otherwise I prefer email. I find it strange when people I am not close to text me without asking me if it's OK. Some of them become downright obsessive with the texting until I have to actually request that the person use email. If we are not close I don't want my phone beeping at me because of you.

2. Sign your name to your text if we are not close
I only know phone numbers of my inner circle. If you aren't part of that and you text without putting your name I will wonder who texted me and I will not take the time to phone number match.

You are definitely showing your age with #1. I also prefer email to texting to people I am not close to, but many people view texting as a normal form of communication.

And for #2, why are there people who have your number when you don't have theirs? And if you do have their number, why don't you put it in your phone? That would solve the problem of not knowing who is texting you. I usually do not have that problem with people who aren't businesses, because if they have my cell number I had to have given it to them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think some people need a guide to texting. I remember back when email was just becoming big people made all sorts of mistakes like putting messages in all caps (yelling) or CCing the whole world with back and forth convos. Here are my texting suggestions for the clueless. Please add yours.

1. Don't assume I want a text from you if we have not discussed taking it to that level.
I personally only text with my husband occasionally and my close friends text if it's urgent. Otherwise I prefer email. I find it strange when people I am not close to text me without asking me if it's OK. Some of them become downright obsessive with the texting until I have to actually request that the person use email. If we are not close I don't want my phone beeping at me because of you.

2. Sign your name to your text if we are not close
I only know phone numbers of my inner circle. If you aren't part of that and you text without putting your name I will wonder who texted me and I will not take the time to phone number match.

How old are you?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok serious question - is it rude to end a text in a Period?

No.

Yes

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Ok serious question - is it rude to end a text in a Period?

No.

Yes

If you end your text with a period it can for sure be seen as rude. Like if I text "K." That is basically F you.

If you are just writing a normal sentence then punctuation makes you seem like an old fart

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think some people need a guide to texting. I remember back when email was just becoming big people made all sorts of mistakes like putting messages in all caps (yelling) or CCing the whole world with back and forth convos. Here are my texting suggestions for the clueless. Please add yours.

1. Don't assume I want a text from you if we have not discussed taking it to that level.
I personally only text with my husband occasionally and my close friends text if it's urgent. Otherwise I prefer email. I find it strange when people I am not close to text me without asking me if it's OK. Some of them become downright obsessive with the texting until I have to actually request that the person use email. If we are not close I don't want my phone beeping at me because of you.

2. Sign your name to your text if we are not close
I only know phone numbers of my inner circle. If you aren't part of that and you text without putting your name I will wonder who texted me and I will not take the time to phone number match.

How old are you?

They are so old that...
They have to press the numbers three times on their Jitterbug to get letters

[Anonymous]

Stop sending me

multiple texts

back to back

in the same conversation

one right after another.

complete your thought in 1 text, and send. maybe 2.

definitely not 7.