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> There are half a dozen people who DM me each day with "Hi." or "Good morning". ...And nothing else.

This must be a company culture thing. Approximately no one at my company does it.

On the contrary, it feels like a waste of everyone’s time to do the TCP handshake thing before asking the question, just fire off your UDP packet with the “hi” pleasantry and actual substance in all in one.