SVcrossDOWhy people say good morning (or something like that) on chat after a night?
ABCDETo synchronise.
Synchronize what?
zeppoIt announces “I have returned to the chat, and am available for messages or have something I wish to tell you, and am checking for your availability”
But chat are asynchronous, availability is not important
Whether or not a response is time-sensitive varies.
That’s why instead of “good morning” I just send SYN
PupBiruwake up, time for some SYN 😈
I see chats as one continuous conversation
Well there is your answer.
If you would view them as individual conversation, then putting a greeting at the beginning makes perfect sense.
ZeppoIf there’s been a pause of several hours, people consider it a new conversation. “Good morning” implies that the speaker assumes other participants have slept overnight.
That’s a bold assumption!
Oh I see, even if chats are organised by person, the conversation has ended (even if improperly) if X time has passed. So people organise mentally the conversations as individual interactions, it is the social component that overrides the digital organisation.
Thank you.
It’s also just a way to ping you and see if you’re there and ready to continue a conversation politely / small talk and a way to start talking again.
A heads up. Yeah, I can see why that could be necessary.
notsorryforpartyingYou sound like a robot pretending to be a human lol
Sadly, I get that a lot. Even as a child. Now I’m approaching 40 and we’ll, that never changed.
FaceDeerIt's okay, that grammar error put you back in the "human" camp. For now.
Totally not intentional.
I was contemplating whether it is a robot or an alien.
SquibblesIt lets the other person know you are up and available for chatting in case there was anything they want/need a quick response to.
Some people like saying good morning. Maybe the chat is just a handy channel to say good morning to you.
willyaThe same reason they do it face to face.
Most people consider conversations ended if neither party adds anything for a space of time.
A reasonable space of time is definitely overnight.
Th4tGuyIIIf you're talking within the same day, I would consider it fine to continue talking.
...But if you're talking overnight or longer, I feel like you need a greeting of some kind to acknowledge that the time has passed. I wouldn't call it rude not to, but it's an extra pleasantry.
The time seems to be different according to the relationship.
As others have said, I think that comes down to how people view online conversations.
I personally view them as an extension of in-person conversations, so a lot of the same mannerisms carry over for me.
WytchStarIt's interesting how some things have changed over the years when it comes to chat rooms. And how other things haven't. When I first started in The Palace the internet was new, and chat rooms were for shut-ins, agoraphobes, and nerds. We basically lived on the internet. So it made sense to some to treat the room as a place you entered and left.
Now you can sit on a discord server on mobile and have a life, pop in the middle of a conversation somewhere and then leave it. And some servers still suggest you greet a room like you live there.
It's like, when I was a kid, having internet access to all human knowledge, anywhere, would have been a divine gift. Now we all have computers in our pockets and some people still argue about basic facts that can be resolved instantly. We treat technology very strangely.
It’s fascinating to see and understand the unwritten rules, and have them written. Sometimes a rule it’s obvious to some, others like me, find them just weird.
It’s like, when I was a kid, having internet access to all human knowledge, anywhere, would have been a divine gift. Now we all have computers in our pockets and some people still argue about basic facts that can be resolved instantly. We treat technology very strangely.
That reminds me of a quote: Do you remember in the 90s when we thought the issue was lack of access to information? Nope, that wasn’t it.
TheInsane42Most chat people live in the UGT timezone. ;) It’s easier to say morning when joining a chat and evening when you leave then try to figure out the timezone of everybody. That was on IRC.
Most still use it in other chats, when joining the 1st time that day (usually after a night of sleep), you greet.
A lot of people literally wish you have a good morning. Those are saying this because they like you and hope all is going smooth for you.
To me someone saying good morning in a group chat is usually a bit of a fuck you to other members that aren’t having a good morning.