2023-09-24 UTC
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[tantek] I just had another observation about email vs chat (in a community context). When replying to emails there is a greater need to internalize more of the sender's mental state since emails tend to be longer and contain lots more context which means you have to adjust yourself to the sender's vocab etc., whereas in chat, there is less need to internalize and adjust and so you can stay in your own vocab etc. when you reply