Does your chat client not have a do not disturb mode? That's why i said have a chatroom for support.
It's not just devs that use computers. This is how any office worker or random discord community talk. You can also ignore the interruption.
I use to think like you until I jumped to security where people sometimes avoid responding when you bring up a task they need to implement (like patching something). I just drop a Hi and wait for them to respond then drop the question on them so they are forced to respond.
Sometimes I would have a technical matter to ask about and there are multiple people to ask. I am not copy pasting the same question and having 5 people waste time answering. I will drop a Hi and ask the first person who responds.
You do not have to drop everything and reply to every Hello or Hi. You are free to ignore until a more pertinent question is dropped because the person may also be asking others who may be free.
That is exactly why it is an asshole move. You are starting off with the assumption that they will behave unprofessionally before they've done anything to warrant it.
> Sometimes I would have a technical matter to ask about and there are multiple people to ask. I am not copy pasting the same question and having 5 people waste time answering. I will drop a Hi and ask the first person who responds.
So instead you waste five people's time because they don't know someone else already answered your question. If there are five people who might answer, ask the question where all five can see it so they know when it has been answered.
> That is exactly why it is an asshole move. You are starting off with the assumption that they will behave unprofessionally before they've done anything to warrant it.
No, that's just how conversation happens IRL. If you think someone will ignore a phone call you show up to their office in person where they can't ignore you. All of your complaint also applies to people walking up to you and greeting you before asking questions except in chat you can delay your response.
> So instead you waste five people's time because they don't know someone else already answered your question
Did you read what I said? It's the opposite of that. How can it waste their time when there is still no question. Are you referring to having to reply with a "Hi" as a time waste??
It's not just devs that use computers. This is how any office worker or random discord community talk. You can also ignore the interruption.
I use to think like you until I jumped to security where people sometimes avoid responding when you bring up a task they need to implement (like patching something). I just drop a Hi and wait for them to respond then drop the question on them so they are forced to respond.
Sometimes I would have a technical matter to ask about and there are multiple people to ask. I am not copy pasting the same question and having 5 people waste time answering. I will drop a Hi and ask the first person who responds.
You do not have to drop everything and reply to every Hello or Hi. You are free to ignore until a more pertinent question is dropped because the person may also be asking others who may be free.