| Older pre-internet generations used the ellipsis to separate thoughts or to insert a pause, whereas today we typically do this with a line break and possibly an entirely separate message. The result is sometimes you end up talking to older folks who come across as annoyed or rude and it's really not the case. I have a few coworkers who do this and I have to remind myself that it's just how they type. I speak to them in person so I know it's not that they're mad at me or something like that. Not the original article I read on the topic but similar:
https://www.purewow.com/tech/why-do-boomers-use-ellipses To be honest, I actually would prefer the ellipses over some other conversations. I have coworkers who have to type out every single thought as a separate message. E.g. I received a similar set of messages below, that should have been a single message and not 5. If they had just paused for 3 seconds to think about their speech, it would have been a single message. Instead I get a notification icon bouncing a dozen times and firing off alerts like it's an emergency. person_a: oh did you see the sign? person_a: it was in the conference room person_a: says something about turning off the lights person_a: after meetings though person_a: i thought the lights turned off automatically? person_a: TIL! |