Share you text etiquette suggestions

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

complete sentences and limited abbreviations please, especially if the text is not from close friend or family

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:complete sentences and limited abbreviations please, especially if the text is not from close friend or family

Yes! I had a coworker who texted using millennial lingo none of us generation xers knew. Some of her abbreviations were ones she made up and even her fellow millennials were confused.

[Anonymous]

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

[Anonymous]

No group texts without everyone's consent. I had one were I was not close with any of the people and nobody signed their name. We ended up all in a cycle of "who is this? I think you have the wrong number" simply because one person started a group text to arrange a get together with a bunch of people who did not know eachother well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:complete sentences and limited abbreviations please, especially if the text is not from close friend or family

Yes! I had a coworker who texted using millennial lingo none of us generation xers knew. Some of her abbreviations were ones she made up and even her fellow millennials were confused.

ICGI!

[Anonymous]

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"?

[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.

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.

[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.

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?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:complete sentences and limited abbreviations please, especially if the text is not from close friend or family

Yes! I had a coworker who texted using millennial lingo none of us generation xers knew. Some of her abbreviations were ones she made up and even her fellow millennials were confused.

ICGI!

What does ICGI mean??

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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"?

????

[Anonymous]

Can you block someone's texts? I know you can with email, but never tried with texts.

[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.

100% agree!!! thought this is all common sense- guess not?!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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?

[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.

100% agree!!! thought this is all common sense- guess not?!

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