*PLEASE BOOST*

I’m an English major and a writer.
Old habits die hard.
But I’m always trying to learn new things, including communication nuances.

All of which is background leading up to this poll:

Should I stop adding periods at the end of texts that are intended to be open-ended and invite a reply (i.e. where I don’t want to appear offish or as if I’m trying to end the discussion)?

No. Punctuation matters.
33%
It doesn’t matter. Stop overthinking things.
51.8%
Absolutely. Get with the times, old man.
15.3%
Poll ended at .
@reay Speaking as someone with an applied linguistics degree, it might hearten you to know that the conventions of written grammar can actually change a *lot* depending on context and medium - and of course, there isn't any style manual for SMS messaging that I know of (leastwise, none that have been widely adopted in academia). As long as your recipients understand what you're sending, I say punctuate your text messages however you like!
@doctorLURK Ending with interrobangs it is. 🙂