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I work for a very large company. Most of the folks that I work with are in other states and often also other countries. A lot of my communications is via some form of chat (we have 2 chat clients that are used in our company at the moment, but at times there have been as many as four).

It's not unusual to get a chat from someone that says "hi," "hello," "good afternoon," etc.... And in most of those cases, if I don't respond, the person at the other end lets it drop. We're all busy folks, don't waste my time. If you don't want to skip the pleasantries, fine. But put it all together. I'll often ignore those unless I know the person and feel like answering or obviously if they are important.

The same goes for texting, although it's less of a problem that way.

I suspect it's more prevalent in some cultures than others (that's my experience at work)

Apparently, I'm not the only one, because there are several websites like this. I found out because I got an email from someone at work that had the link to one of them in his email signature. 1 I can't imagine that management would appreciate it and 2 Yes, he's in IT.

https://nohello.club/