[zamfi]

I’m also on the list of the block I live on, and people also text like this on that list…

…including, me. On that list.

I think part of what’s disquieting is that there is a “formal text English” that exists (and people know about), but people use it only in certain circumstances, like when you’re texting a group of people that you don’t know very well, and that you don’t want to offend, or that you want to seem “proper” for.

It’s temping to think that what we observe on these lists is how those people are, but every now and then someone on my list will post a message intended for someone else…and it no longer fits “formal text English”.

I suspect this language’s use is highly contextual. To me, part of the the oddness of it all is that I would almost never use formal text English in the contexts shown in these marketing images.

[distract8901]

Huh, maybe I'm weird, but I use the same 'voice' in all forms of communication. With the exception of the shorthand I share with my husband, I always text in full, properly formatted sentences and paragraphs. I use the same style for texts, mastodon posts, and long hackernews comments. It's also the same style I typically speak in normal conversation.

Now I think about it, that's probably an autistic trait. I kind of have to carefully construct what I'm saying in any context, and it looks like this.

[mikewarot]

I am also very careful to not let the shortcomings of the keyboard alter, in any way, the text I'm composing. Finding [ and ] on a phone are a pain in the rear, but if I'm composing something with links here on HN... it's going to look as much as possible like everything else I post.

For me, technology bends to my will, not the other way around.

[bombcar]

My iMessage texting from my computer is quite conversational and detailed, taking particular delight in proper punctuation and spelling.

My texts from my iPhone look like they were created by an AI trained on deranged monkeys attempting to recreate Shakespeare.

[another2another]

me 2too!!!

posted from my iPhone

[nenaoki]

My hackernews comment drafting process often goes right up to the end of the delay setting I have. Closer to one and done, a la speech, is a habit I'd love to pick up.