they think starting with a greeting and waiting for a response is kind because that's telephone etiquette, but don't understand that doing that over text is like
someone calling you, saying "hello," then putting YOU on hold.
literally making the other person do extra work to find out what you want.
so I made this website Instead of spending time explaining them this concept (and maybe coming off as very rude), I just keep this in my bio or send them this link when they do.
Pick your name. Pick the greeting trigger. Get a link. (optionally select one of the 16 languages)
They get a friendly explanation of why leading with context matters. You save 10 minutes. Everyone wins.
Train your network to respect your time by being clear about what you need. Life's too short for message ping-pong with strangers.
PS: this builds on the legacy of nohello.net but adds the option of other greetings and adding custom names in the messages
also open source! https://github.com/Kuberwastaken/nogreeting
What wasn't funny was having my actual email submitted to chain letters or copied to all their contacts with every email they sent.
Training on the basics is a necessary good:-)