[Melatonic]

I dont think it is a problem with saying "hey" but when you say "hey" by itself. All the time I will say something like "hey" and then a followup message with a short question or asking how they are doing, etc etc.

But for sure it is annoying when someone sends me a message that says "Hi" and then says nothing else until I respond

[ninkendo]

I’d say it would even better if you just put a couple of newlines after “hey” and put your question in the same message. One less notification would be appreciated by your coworkers.

[SketchySeaBeast]

Yeah, I don't have to look over, give a sigh, and then sit there waiting for the message to come through for the next two minutes.

[Moru]

That's the whole point of this. You can say "Hi". Just don't only say "Hi".

"Hi! Do you know about the ..." - perfectly fine. User can directly answer instead of doing message tag.

Edit: Ok, I'm a bit late to the conversation I noticed... :-)

[TheCoelacanth]

The person you're sending a message to doesn't need to sit there and watch you type out your actual message.

Just put "Hey" at the beginning your message. Don't split your message up into a separate message for "Hey" and a separate message for your real message.

[geoffjentry]

Right. The complaint isn't people including a greeting ("hey", "hi", "hello"). It's only giving the greeting.

"Hi - remind me what time we're meeting" is fine. "Hi" is not :)