[TheGRS]

That is the way to do it. And IMO it should extend to all business communication. I hate getting "hey" in my DMs with no other context. Like...."hey? whats up?". Just get to the point, the day is too busy for this.

[tombert]

Yeah, if you're doing something asynchronous, exploit that fact!

When I message someone on Slack, I usually do something like "Hey! I was wondering if you could help me with..."

There's no need to add an extra blocking factor with this.

There's a manifesto for this: https://nohello.net/en/