If you meet people in the “real world,” there are certain etiquette rules to follow. I'm not talking about it right now
1. Don't use voice messages
Yes, you may not know, but most peopledon't like receiving voice messages. Firstly, you need headphones to listen to them - few people want to share personal information with others. Or it might be noisy around. Or a person at work.
Secondly, it is distracting - for example, if yourthe interlocutor listens to music. Or he's in a meeting. In the end, voice messages are often typed somewhere on the go, where gusts of wind are superimposed on intermittent, uneven breathing, so listening to such messages is tritely inconvenient.
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Use this button on iPhone to type a text message with your voice
Okay, maybe you're uncomfortable typing toohandwritten text — for example, you are driving or running somewhere and cannot stop. But did you know that any modern smartphone allows you to type text with your voice, moreover, it does it very decently? And he is not a hindrance to the wind and your faltering breathing?
Just click on the microphone icon on the on-screen keyboard and dictate. Yes, there may be errors - as, indeed, with any other input method. But it will be convenient for everyone: both you and your interlocutor.
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Text message typed by voice in Android
2. Don't write one word per post
Correspondence in which the interlocutor writes one at a timeword per message, seems to irritate everyone but the man himself. Just imagine that for each such word-message, the addressee's phone vibrates or even beeps. And people around hear it too (seriously, how annoying in the office is this every second brr-brr-brr).
First, do not rush - this is a textcommunication, the interlocutor will not run away from you anywhere. Secondly, notes will help you fully form your thought. Write the text first there, and then copy it all at once to the chat.
Section "Favorites" (Saved Messages) can become not just a full-fledged notebook, but also a file storage, a collection of useful links, etc.
And in Telegram it’s even more convenient:there is a “Favorites” chat, which only you can see, and which is both your notes and file storage. You can write your thought in this chat, and then forward it to the addressee. Don't worry - this won't make all of your private chat available.
3. No need to write “hello” and wait for an answer
Are you still texting “hello” and waiting for an answer?You don't have to do that. Even worse when they write: “Hi, are you there?” - it doesn't make any sense at all. You can already see if your interlocutor is online, as well as the delivery status of your message: one check mark - the message has been delivered, two - it has been read.
If a person is too busy, he is likely towon't answer that. But it happens, let's say, “intermediate employment”, when it seems that there are things to do and you need to do it as soon as possible, but there is also time for a couple of words. Your "hellos" and "thumps" take away this precious time that you could spend on constructive communication. Nothing prevents in one message to say hello and immediately state your problem. So it will be easier for the interlocutor to estimate the time, whether he can answer you right now, or not.
4. Remember to lock your screen
Messengers since the days of ancient ICQ have been able todetermine when the interlocutor writes something in the chat. Initially, this was done in order to eliminate unnecessary "tytutes", but this function has a negative side. If you do not block the smartphone screen, then in your pocket (especially in your pants pocket, and in your handbag too - depending on what the smartphone screen is in contact with), the smartphone may “think” that you are still trying to write something. And your interlocutor will wait until you finish your “poem”.
Here's what the other person sees if you don't lock the screen
So always lock your screen.Better even for a password - especially since today there are a lot of instant unlocking tools by fingerprint or even a glance. But both the data in your smartphone will be protected in case you lose it.
5. Don't overuse pictures
Not many people know, but messengers are differentrespond to sending pictures and videos. For example, Telegram can compress both, but it also allows you to send the file as is. If you want to share a fresh meme with your interlocutor or send a photo to your grandmother, how her grandchildren are having fun with you on vacation, just send the photo in the most familiar way. The messenger will compress it so that it takes up as little memory as possible, which will also save you traffic (like your grandmother).
But if you send a working draft, scan, oranything else like that - click on the “three dots” and select “send without compression”. Then the picture will be sent as a file - exactly as you see it for yourself.
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Telegram can send both pictures and videos both compressed, to save traffic, and in its original form
It's the same with video, except that WhatsApp can't compress files.
Do not forget, however, that all the time “spam”pictures are not the best idea for communication. And if you want to congratulate a person on some holiday - rather than send a stupid postcard that you downloaded from the Internet, write in words instead. Even if it's short. Well, except that you yourself do not draw postcards.
6. Don't disturb people when they are sleeping
Personally, I always put my phone on silent.sleep mode, but some people for various reasons do not do this. Well, you never know - people's work is such that it is necessary to answer an urgent message at least at 2 a.m. ).
Hold the send message button to open these options
So.If you have a brilliant idea for a message at 2 o'clock in the morning, then in order to God forbid not to wake up the interlocutor, you can use one of two methods. At least in Telegram, they definitely work (both in the mobile version and in the desktop version).
The message can be postponed to any date
After writing a message, hold the send button, andyou will see a pop-up message with two options: “sending without sound” and “delayed sending”. In the first case, your message will come without sound notification. In the second, you can set the time for sending the message. I think there is no need to explain here, except that if your message is still important, it is probably better to choose the second method. Because in the first case, a person may not see your message at all (unless he has a habit of regularly checking all unread ones). Moreover, delayed sending has two options - send at a specific time, and send when the interlocutor is online.
Well, by the way, delayed messages can also be made silent.