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Comment by tazjin

5 years ago

What are you expecting them to do?

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hackerfromthefu  5 years ago

As gp is not speaking to themself, it's an interaction.

So maybe gp is expecting them to inter-act, ie make some reciprocal action of some kind back. Silence is an action, that in my culture usually means 'dont want to tell you my real response'.

profunctor  5 years ago

An ACK of some sort is expected when explaining something

  • jes  5 years ago

    ACK

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