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0 pointsVorpalWay23d ago0 comments

There is such a thing as balance. For some reason it tends to be very easy to go overboard in either direction.

Also, any metric ceases to be a good metric the moment it becomes a goal.

I have observed both of the above statements in many different contexts, they seem to be (somewhat) universal rules for human society.

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ljm23d ago

I've also observed the third direction, which is the message storm.

That's when someone breaks down their point into multiple separate messages, one sentence at a time, when a single coherent paragraph or two would have worked. Why send one message when you can send 7 in rapid succession?

It's arguably the most annoying method of communication because it spams your notifications and you have no idea when someone has finished dumping.

VorpalWayOP23d ago

I think that is in line with what I said: a balance is best. I have seen the opposite of what you described: long messages with no paragraph breaks. Not great either.

debesyla23d ago

Dumping every sentence saves up tokens in human mind ;-)

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