For context, “no hello website” is a term I’m using to describe websites like https://nohello.com. The gist is that it’s trying to get people to no only say “hello” but also ask whatever it is they’re trying to ask you about. (In my opinion, this can even extend to generic conversations, like “hey, how are you?” versus just “hey!”)

The problem is, many of these websites seem pretty rude. At the end of the day, I don’t think it’s possible to make one not seem at least a little rude because telling someone not to say hello just sounds rude lol. That said, even my favorite one (https://nohello.club/) has phrases like

  1. Unnecessary pleasantries
  2. useless phrase like “Hello”

But I like it because it doesn’t say things like this that the original http://nohello.com says

please be prepared to be ignored if you only say “Hello!”.

Some context, I’m not necessarily looking to include this on any corporate messaging app bio (unless it was 100% polite, which as I said I don’t find possible). But the closer to something that polite, the more useful I think it is.

  • tyler
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    11 hours ago

    I posted the nohello.com website once in my slack and then from that point on just stopped responding to hello, hi, hi tyler, etc. What @[email protected] talks about below is exactly my case:

    That makes perfect sense, and I see why the habit became so commonplace; but that’s exactly why this is annoying to anyone who is highly responsive on a messaging app, especially if responding to requests for help is part of their professional work. They pay attention to their notifications, so the notifications are probably configured to be noisy. Checking a notification before it’s actionable is a waste of their time, albeit a small one.

    I just don’t have time to give my attention to those people. They can either get their help elsewhere or they can ask a question. I know that sounds rude, but I will help literally anyone that asks within minutes of them messaging me, so it’s literally the smallest thing to ask for.