From 16ef989f8e3357a6549ad09fad669eaad6e31a95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: cool-mist Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 13:28:01 +0530 Subject: [PATCH] Add nohellononsense --- ...down => 2023-01-15-finallysecure.markdown} | 0 _posts/2023-01-18-nohellononsense.markdown | 69 +++++++++++++++++++ index.html | 1 + 3 files changed, 70 insertions(+) rename _posts/{2023-1-15-finallysecure.markdown => 2023-01-15-finallysecure.markdown} (100%) create mode 100644 _posts/2023-01-18-nohellononsense.markdown diff --git a/_posts/2023-1-15-finallysecure.markdown b/_posts/2023-01-15-finallysecure.markdown similarity index 100% rename from _posts/2023-1-15-finallysecure.markdown rename to _posts/2023-01-15-finallysecure.markdown diff --git a/_posts/2023-01-18-nohellononsense.markdown b/_posts/2023-01-18-nohellononsense.markdown new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ed41fa3 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2023-01-18-nohellononsense.markdown @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: The No Hello Nonsense! +categories: ["ideas", "rant"] +--- + +In a mood to roast the pretentious no-hello movement +If you are not familiar with the term no-hello, you probably work with nice people +(Necessary, but not a sufficient condition 🤷). + +-------- + +# Not just hello! Just ask the question + + +**No-Hello** is a term used widely in the developer communities to mean that they don't want +to just be greeted with a message that goes "hello" on their messaging platform (Teams, slack, +whatsapp and so on). Instead, they prefer getting the full context as part of the initial message. + +In other words, no-helloers hate the following, + +| Normal Person | *Hello!* +| No-helloer | *Hi!* +| Normal Person | *I need some help with blah blah blah.. do you know about it blah etc.* + +and would instead prefer to have the normal person send their first message this way + +| Normal Person | *Hello! I need some help with blah ....* + + +No-helloers allege that the second version is more productive and doesn't waste anyone's time. +They proudly showcase their ideology as a status message that is shown whenever someone tries +to message the person. Often they link to a web page such as [https://nohello.net](https://nohello.net). +They get mad if someone sends just a "Hi". + +The following are the status messages of a couple of no-helloer from my company. Everyone trying to +send them a message is presented with a small non-intrusive floating dialog box with this message + +| https://nohello.net - Please don't say just hello, send the entire message +| Please write your question in your initial IM (https://nohello.net) + +# OK, that's enough 😠 + +[Instant messaging](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_messaging) apps are designed to be asynchronous. +The sender can send a message and it is not necessary for the receiver to immediately respond to the said message. +No-helloers completely miss the point of these softwares. + +There are some genuine reasons why starting a chat with a simple "Hi!" or a friendly matter makes sense. + +- Sender wants to make sure that you are available and can respond to this chat before they proceed +with sharing the complete context. +- Sender is new to the team and is nervous starting a conversation. +- Sender is not a machine to avoid such polite expressions. + +As a receiver of a "Hi" message, you can + +- **Send a "Hi" back** and go back to doing what you were doing. As simple as that. If you care too much about +your time - at the millisecond level, to not do this, then you can use the other option below. +- **Ignore the message** and go back to what you were doing. If the sender never comes back, you have +one less thing to worry about. If the sender does respond with a new message with details, respond to that. + +Considering the fact that simple options to deal with this behavior exists, antagonizing +the behavior of just sending "Hello" is plain ridiculous. The only person losing time is the person asking you +a question and while asking them to directly come to the point might be in their best interests, it is pretentious +to ask them to do this while interacting with **YOU** as an IM status message as opposed to asking them +to do this while interacting with anyone in general. + +Personally, I would stick to option 1 in most cases, and switch to option 2, when I feel like I might end up +[suffering a fool](https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/not+suffer+fools). diff --git a/index.html b/index.html index 9a531f5..4a7a47e 100644 --- a/index.html +++ b/index.html @@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ layout: default {% endif %} +