[ketzo]

I would argue that, in most social contexts, “receiving a message” does put some amount of pressure on a person.

Unless you have a really explicit understanding with the person you’re texting, they’re gonna assume you expect a response, or just expect them to read the message.

You gotta know how your actions will be received; “I can’t help you” really just isn’t enough if you wanna be a kind and thoughtful person, IMO.

[TameAntelope]

I disagree; a message sent on an async platform is not expected to be responded to immediately, it's simply meant to be removed from the sender's "to-do" list.

[noizejoy]

The distinction between sync vs async messaging isn’t as easy to figure out these days as it was when snail mail vs phone call were the primary options.

[TameAntelope]

The negative consequences of making the wrong choice are both extremely low and extremely loud, so I urge you to just take a guess, with a strong bias for every technology platform being async.