Follow These Text Etiquette Tips To Prevent Yourself From Committing A Faux Pas In Any Group Chats
Did you ever think we would live in a time where we needed to learn about “texting etiquette?”
Well, that is the case, as living in a digital age means you have to know how to conduct yourself digitally, whether on social media or while exchanging text messages and calls.
Group chats are a great way to communicate with multiple people, from friends to relatives to coworkers. While group chats with some of your closest friends and family may be pretty casual and have little to no boundaries regarding what you can send and when you can send it, ones with those you aren’t very close to should be different.
So, if you’ve been put in a group chat with people you’re not very close to and aren’t sure how to approach the situation, here are some group text etiquette tips that will help you keep things calm, professional, and considerate.
Avoid adding too many people to the group
If you want to send a group text, make sure you only add people you feel are necessary. Large group chats get confusing for some people, as not everyone may have each other’s number, and it can be hard to talk about only one subject as you get bogged down with notifications. If you need to send a message to more than 10 people, consider sending out an email instead.
Try not to send too many messages at once
One of the reasons why group chats were created was for efficiency. Therefore, you want to continue being efficient by only sending one to two texts at a time. Gather all your thoughts in one text message and then edit it down so the recipients get the basic details they need.
Sending too many texts at once can be really annoying, especially if the recipients are in the middle of doing something else.
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Text at appropriate times
This is an especially good tip if you are in a group chat with coworkers or any older, more distant relatives. You should avoid sending texts in the middle of the night or the wee hours of the morning.
If you can, try to stick to workplace hours as a good window of time to send texts. If your coworker gets a text from you at 3:00 am, they may assume you’re having a major emergency.
Stay on topic
Sometimes, it can be easy to start thinking of something else you want to discuss in the middle of a group text conversation.
However, you may confuse others if you sidetrack the conversation, and trying to have several conversations in one group chat at once can overwhelm people.
Again, if you’re in a group chat with your closest friends and family, you shouldn’t have to worry about texting etiquette too much.
But if you’re in a group with people who don’t fall under that category, you’ll want to ensure you’re considerate. Happy texting!
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