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by distract8901 1000 days ago
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.

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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.

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.

me 2too!!!

posted from my iPhone

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.