diff --git a/_posts/2023-05-16-fairipl.markdown b/_posts/2023-05-16-fairipl.markdown deleted file mode 100644 index 1bdd1cf..0000000 --- a/_posts/2023-05-16-fairipl.markdown +++ /dev/null @@ -1,78 +0,0 @@ ---- -layout: post -title: For a Fairer IPL -discussion: 4 -categories: ["ideas"] ---- - -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 đŸ€·). - --------- - -# 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-helloers 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). - -# Protesting against this nonsense! - -It should be pretty clear to you that I consider the entire no-hello movement nonsensical. To protest this, -I have the following text displayed whenever someone tries to message me, to send a clear message to the -no-helloers in my company 😆đŸŠč - -| https://yes-hello.net - Feel free to just say hello in chat!