Administrators FlyJ Posted March 8, 2015 Administrators Share Posted March 8, 2015 Texting is a simpler and faster way for people to pass quick and short messages to one another. These rules will help ensure your texts are not considered offensive Don’t leave them guessing If the recipient doesn’t have your cell phone number stored in their phone, be sure to let them know who you are in your text. Don’t send texts after bedtime If the recipient forgot to turn their phone to silent before turning in for the night, you’ll wake people up at midnight by the beep of their phone alerting them they have a new message. Know when it’s appropriate to send a text. Spur-of-the-moment texts can be nice, but not at 12am. Keep them short Think of texts as preludes or follow-ups to conversation, not the conversation itself. Keep them short. More than 160 characters means that a phone call or e-mail is a better way to deliver your message. Don’t keep texting until you get a reply Even though everyone seems to be glued to their cell phones these days, you can’t assume the people you text receive your messages right after you send them. Persistent texting to check if a friend has received your first message is just plain rude. Proofread messages before sending Proper grammatical constructions should not be taken for granted when composing a text.It tells the recipient a whole lot about you. Go over the text you have composed before sending it to check for errors. Don’t send awful news via text Know when what you’re trying to communicate is best sent in a text or an actual voice call. Unpleasant news like getting divorced, terminal illness, death, etc is better shared via emails, phone calls or personal visits Set the volume to a low level Many phones come with sound levels such as “vibrate,” “loud,” “soft,” or a combination of the two. Have a habit of changing the volume tone to a low level or, better yet, silent. Keep this habit so that you have the practice of changing it back and forth once you are in a comfort zone of having a loud ring tone or alert. Learn when and where it is appropriate to text Places that restrict people from using cell phones to call should be practiced while texting people. If sound disruption is the issue, for example, a library or waiting room at the doctor’s clinic, then placing the phone on either silent or vibrate would be acceptable for you to continue texting. Prioritise other people’s company over texting If you are chatting with a group of people or one person, try to ignore texting as much as possible until the other party leaves or you have gone somewhere alone such as a restroom. If the text is very important, apologise to your party first, then text. Never make it seem like your phone is more important than their presence. Respect their knowledge of chat acronyms Acronyms and abbreviations are the fastest way to get a message across, but knowledge of what they are comes with it. Think about if they would or wouldn’t understand it. If they wouldn’t, don’t use it. Source 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dequeen Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Thank you for these tips @flyj Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrators FlyJ Posted March 11, 2015 Author Administrators Share Posted March 11, 2015 Happy you enjoyed reading... :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iris Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 These service providers, you’d think they'd be the first to have texting etiquette. They don't! Sending you unsolicited text messages even at midnight. You can’t put your phone on silent to sleep, you know. You need your alarm to get you out of bed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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