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[–] [email protected] 56 points 2 weeks ago (15 children)

Pretty good answer, honestly. I hope they don't type like that all the time though.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

I wouldn't be surprised if it's more effective for the CS to type that way in this setting.

Normally, I agree with you. I hate when people send lots of tiny messages instead of one long one. It is annoying, and constantly captures and diverts your attention. Big message is better because you can process it all in one go and it is less context switching.

But think about the scenario here. You've got a customer on the other end who themselves may have a very low attention span. They are in the middle of a customer service exchange, and this might not trigger a notification the same way a messaging app would, so the customer can't really do other things during this chat, they have to just keep it open and watch and wait for the CS response.

In that circumstance I bet typing in lots of small messages makes your average customer feel like the CS is 'fast' and 'responsive' and gets them more favourably rated afterwards.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, watching the other person "typing" for too long gives me anxiety. Particularly if I already have that chat open and the conversation is ongoing.

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