UnsplashWhen it comes to texting, we all have our own personal bugbears. To me, it reads as passive aggressive but usually it’s just an older relative acknowledging what I’ve said. “A lack of perceived effort could be detrimental to interpersonal connections when texting,” the Stanford University authors wrote in the study. In some cases, it makes sense to invest less effort and accept being perceived as less sincere, like quickly texting with a delivery driver. Researchers studied the behaviour of message receivers on dating apps and chatrooms in conversations with and without abbreviations.

Source: Huffington Post November 24, 2024 07:18 UTC