[OkayPhysicist]

That's because we're communicating synchronously in person. If you say something when I'm not listening to you, I will probably start listening midway through your statement, and miss potentially vital info. In a slack message, I can just read it again.

[CGMthrowaway]

IDK about you but I get chats from 30+ different people and I usually miss at least one person's message a day as it falls off the "front page" so to speak

[int_19h]

I don't see how "hello?" helps with that. If anything, it makes things worse if everybody does that, because now half of those chats from 30+ different people are that, drowning out the useful messages.

[CGMthrowaway]

It doesnt help the recipient. It helps the sender.

[fc417fc802]

In the described scenario (chats falling off the front page) it doesn't help either party.

In the case where you want an immediate discussion, don't trust the status indicator, and there are multiple different people you could contact, a quick confirmation that the selected party is online and available is not unreasonable.

[CGMthrowaway]

The two scenarios are not mutually exclusive