i disable this wherever possible rone 9/15 '25

STOP DOING TYPING INDICATORS

• YEARS OF ONLINE CHAT yet NO REAL-WORLD USE FOUND for "x is typing..."

• Wanted to see what your partner was typing in real time? We had a tool for that, it was called "talk(1)"

• "Please cause me anxiety by giving me the illusion that someone is taking their time composing a thoughtful reply" - Statements dreamed up by the utterly Deranged

"Hello please give me blinking, bouncing ellipses"
They have played us for absolute fools

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9/15 6 Comments
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Lindsay Harris Friel
PREACH.

I turn that shit instantly off. Nobody needs to know if I've read their text, nobody needs to know if I'm typing, nobody needs to know if I'm online. My phone is for my convenience, nobody else's. Damn kids today.
Jill "xtingu" Knapp
I find this useful in slack at work. When we're enthusing and in danger of speaking past each other, it's a hint to maybe let the other guy finish a thought.
Thomas Boutell
Oh, jeez, good point.
Lindsay Harris Friel
Also it made for a cute scene on Ted Lasso.
Thomas Boutell
I miss “talk”.

Also “write”.

Also “yes JerryAlexandratos | write boutell”.
CM Adams