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by argulane 1071 days ago
Sounds a lot like cultural thing. In Scandinavian countries everyone will be much happier if you just get straight to the point. If you you want to have your PR reviewed, just ask `Hi, can you review PR 1342.` and the other person will answer `Sure, no problem`. There really is no point of fluffing up your request with random chitchat.
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> Sounds a lot like cultural thing.

Yes, it could be. Maybe that is why I find this website a little bit offensive.

I would find it much more interesting to have a post about how different cultures deal with chats, rather than a website that basically says "Please do it my way. I even made a website for you to ask others to do it my way".

For instance, in my first job I was in contact with companies on the other side of the world, and would sometimes be pissed at them because of their "annoying" behavior. Until I realized that it was actually a different culture, and I was being a jerk to them. My solution was to try to be more open to different cultures, and not to publish a website explaining how people should just embrace mine.