reading through old DMs, realized I'm often not fully present & responsive to the other person... I struggle with multitasking and when I have multiple concurrent conversations the emotions and mental context carry between them and I derail the conversation with thoughts…
hmmm but otoh I do like synchronous chat conversations - quick back and forth because both ppl are paying full attention. I kinda wish ppl were more clear with full vs partial focus and synchronous vs async expectations.
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Tweet · Jul 5, 2022I really hate the experience of many asynchronous concurrent low speed chats… social multitasking feels awful imo.Reply · Mar 15, 2024@foomagemindset hmm i think it's just like having presence of someone else doing focused work as well, but i'd like a bit of chat at the start about…Reply · Jul 26, 2023@LastNPCAlex and the asynchronous nature of the conversations- I feel like I have too many open idle connections that are not particularly satisfying…Reply · Oct 16, 2023@Malcolm_Ocean @me_fafo @QiaochuYuan interesting... I have the opposite instinct- I listen without simultaneously planning my own reply and then…