There has been lot of advancements happening around, right? The email has replaced postal card, smartphone has replaced few desktops, cloud storage has replaced local data storage, smart-watch has replaced the wrist-watch and even voice messages and texting apps has replaced the regular SMS?
Yes, what remained at peak few days back are no more trending! Take the case of SMS, everyone would be busy messaging with their phones that day, and now, we have many fancy apps that offer the same services along with video messaging, voice messaging, live GPS tracking, funny emojis and many more lucrative solutions! But, whatever is the case, the art of messaging still says same with most of us, it is time to upgrade and keep going with the trend.
So, here is a quick guide that will help you understand few necessities while texting someone.
A Perfect message, has the perfect content and is sent at the perfect time
The perfect message is always the right mixture of apt text, right emoticons and correct timing. Lets discuss in brief!
Composing the apt text
Speaking to the point always wins the heart. So make sure that you have typed the text which conveys what you want to say.
Also, remember that the whole idea of texting is to keep the message short, don’t over type! Neither the other person likes it, nor you will like the negligent reply from them.
Make sure to use shortcuts, but ensure that the person at the other side understands this.
Also make sure that auto-correct works the right way!
Witty replies are welcomed by anyone, assure that your joke or sarcasm does not pull you down.
Do not overuse, or end conversations with ha ha, he he, lol, hmm or any such internet slang. It basically means that you are not much interested in the topic or you are not able to express your feelings better.
Don’t reply in a single letter, just like “k”, or “s”. Its sometimes very irritating to the other person
Avoid being serious. If you want to fight or argue or want more attention, give them a call.
Be what you are, just for the sake, avoid pretending to be something or someone else.
Write correct message with the correct spelling, there are quite a good number of words that get messed up, when you text in rush.
Don’t overdo with punctuation like ????, !!!!!! etc.
Don’t keep asking questions to continue the conversation.
Don’t keep talking about yourself. Is this some biography contest going on?
Don’t complain all the time about the other person or your life
Just type and send what you wanted to convey! Don’t decorate your message too much
If you type something, send it! Some applications keep showing your status as typing, which makes the other person think that you are scripting an encyclopedia here.
Mix in some emoticons
Emoticons show your feelings! Explore and get the right emoticons you wanted for your text.
But, do not overuse emoticons. The real feeling of messages come from your text and not emojis.
Send some pictures or animated images if emoticons are not expressive for you.
Or even send a voice message or a video message for a change! But avoid sending such things frequently.
Know the correct timing
Claim yourself the God of texting, if you can always know when to send a message!
Make sure that you have turned on notifications for incoming messages. This can be a golden rule to master your texting skill!
If a person has not messaged you for so long, and you want to break the silence, do not think about it, just do it.
But, do not bombard messages to them, wait for reply
Do not pretend to be busy and send late replies. After all, whats the use of this scene?
Be sure you are replying or sending messages to the right person. Wrong window fantasy is boring!
Do not unleash your texting capability, when you are with someone. In this case, you can schedule your replies prior.
Texting is fun! Do enjoy it.
