Thales@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoTexting abbreviations at this old agesh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square38fedilinkarrow-up1391arrow-down118file-text
arrow-up1373arrow-down1imageTexting abbreviations at this old agesh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square38fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 day agoAppreciations made sense in the era of ten-key messaging - except for the (older) irc/chat shortcuts like ttyl, lol (but you could also argue that’s what autocomplete is for). You’ve got a whole keyboard. Use it.
minus-squareMouselemming@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up12·1 day agoBut autocomplete just gave us “appreciations” when you meant to type “abbreviations,” so you still gotta pay attention.
minus-squaredbx12@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·1 day agoAnd the era of SMS, where you had 160 letters and had to be creative to push as much information into them to avoid paying for a second SMS.
Appreciations made sense in the era of ten-key messaging - except for the (older) irc/chat shortcuts like ttyl, lol (but you could also argue that’s what autocomplete is for). You’ve got a whole keyboard. Use it.
But autocomplete just gave us “appreciations” when you meant to type “abbreviations,” so you still gotta pay attention.
And the era of SMS, where you had 160 letters and had to be creative to push as much information into them to avoid paying for a second SMS.