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My brother\u2019s text messages can read like fragments of an ancient code: \u201chru,\u201d \u201cwyd,\u201d \u201cplz\u201d \u2013 truncated, cryptic and never quite satisfying to receive. I\u2019ll often find myself second-guessing whether \u201cgr8\u201d means actual excitement or whether it\u2019s a perfunctory nod.<\/p>\n

This oddity has nagged at me for years,\u00a0so I eventually embarked upon<\/a>\u00a0a\u00a0series of studies<\/a>\u00a0with fellow researchers\u00a0Sam Maglio<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Yiran Zhang<\/a>. I wanted to know whether these clipped missives might undermine genuine dialogue, exploring the unspoken signals behind digital shorthand.<\/p>\n

As we gathered data, surveyed people and set up experiments, it became clear that those tiny shortcuts \u2013 sometimes hailed as\u00a0a hallmark of efficient communication<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 undermine relationships instead of simplifying them.<\/p>\n

Short words lead to feeling shortchanged<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Most people type \u201cty\u201d and \u201cbrb\u201d \u2013 for \u201cthank you\u201d and \u201cbe right back\u201d \u2013 without batting an eye.<\/p>\n

In a survey we conducted of 150 American texters ages 18 to 65<\/a>, 90.1% reported regularly using abbreviations in their daily messages, and 84.2% believed these shortcuts had either a positive effect or no meaningful impact on how the messages were perceived by the recipients.<\/p>\n

But our findings suggest that the mere inclusion of abbreviations, although seemingly benign, start feeling like a brush-off. In other words, whenever a texter chops words down to their bare consonants, recipients sense a lack of effort, which causes them to disengage.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a subtle but pervasive phenomenon that most people don\u2019t intuit.<\/p>\n

We started with controlled lab tests, presenting 1,170 participants ages 15 to 80 with one of two near-identical text exchanges: one set sprinkled with abbreviations, the other fully spelled out. In every single scenario, participants rated the abbreviating sender as less sincere and far less worthy of a reply.<\/p>\n

The deeper we dug, the more consistent the pattern became.<\/p>\n

Whether people were reading messages about weekend plans or major life events, the presence of truncated words and phrases such as \u201cplz,\u201d \u201csry\u201d or \u201cidk\u201d for \u201cplease,\u201d \u201csorry\u201d or \u201cI don\u2019t know\u201d made the recipients feel shortchanged.<\/p>\n

The phenomenon didn\u2019t stop with strangers. In more experiments, we tested whether closeness changed the dynamic. If you\u2019re texting a dear friend or a romantic partner, can you abbreviate to your heart\u2019s content?<\/p>\n

Evidently not. Even people imagining themselves chatting with a longtime buddy reported feeling a little put off by half-spelled words, and that sense of disappointment chipped away at how authentic the interaction felt.<\/p>\n

From Discord to dating apps<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Still, we had nagging doubts: Might this just be some artificial lab effect?<\/p>\n

We wondered whether real people on real platforms might behave differently. So we took our questions\u00a0to Discord<\/a>, a vibrant online social community where people chat about everything from anime to politics. More importantly, Discord is filled with younger people who use abbreviations like it\u2019s second nature.<\/p>\n

We messaged random users asking them to recommend TV shows to watch. One set of messages fully spelled out our inquiry; the other set was filled with abbreviations. True to our lab results,\u00a0fewer people responded to the abbreviated ask<\/a>. Even among\u00a0digital natives<\/a>\u00a0\u2013 youthful, tech-savvy users who are well versed in the casual parlance of text messaging \u2013 a text plastered with shortcuts still felt undercooked.<\/p>\n

If a few missing letters can sour casual chats, what happens when love enters the equation? After all, texting has become a cornerstone of modern romance, from coy flirtations to soul-baring confessions. Could \u201cplz call me\u201d inadvertently jeopardize a budding connection? Or does \u201cu up?\u201d hint at more apathy than affection? These questions guided our next foray, as we set out to discover whether the swift efficiency of abbreviations might actually short-circuit the delicate dance of courtship and intimacy.<\/p>\n

Our leap into the realm of romance culminated on Valentine\u2019s Day with an online speed dating experiment.<\/p>\n

We paired participants for timed \u201cdates\u201d inside a private messaging portal, and offered half of them small incentives to pepper their replies with abbreviations such as \u201cty\u201d instead of \u201cthank you.\u201d<\/p>\n

When it came time to exchange contact information, the daters receiving abbreviation-heavy notes were notably more reluctant, citing a lack of effort from the other party. Perhaps the most eye-opening evidence came from a separate study running a deep analysis of hundreds of thousands of Tinder conversations. The data showed that messages stuffed with abbreviations such as \u201cu\u201d and \u201crly\u201d scored fewer overall responses and short-circuited conversations.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s the thought that counts<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We want to be clear: We\u2019re not campaigning to ban \u201clol.\u201d Our research suggests that a few scattered abbreviations don\u2019t necessarily torpedo a friendship. Nor does every one of the many messages sent to many people every day warrant the full spelling-out treatment. Don\u2019t care about coming across as sincere? Don\u2019t need the recipient to respond? Then by all means, abbreviate away.<\/p>\n

Instead, it\u2019s the overall reliance on condensed phrases that consistently lowers our impression of the sender\u2019s sincerity. When we type \u201cplz\u201d a dozen times in a conversation, we risk broadcasting that the other person isn\u2019t worth the extra letters. The effect may be subtle in a single exchange. But over time, it accumulates.<\/p>\n

If your ultimate goal is to nurture a deeper connection \u2013 be it with a friend, a sibling or a prospective date \u2013 taking an extra second to type \u201cthanks\u201d might be a wise investment.<\/p>\n

Abbreviations began as a clever workaround for clunky flip phones, with its keypad texting \u2013 recall tapping \u201c5\u201d three times to type the letter \u201cL\u201d \u2013 and\u00a0strict monthly character limits<\/a>. Yet here we are, long past those days, still trafficking in \u201comg\u201d and \u201cbrb,\u201d as though necessity never ended.<\/p>\n

After all of those studies, I\u2019ve circled back to my brother\u2019s texts with fresh eyes. I\u2019ve since shared with him our findings about how those tiny shortcuts can come across as half-hearted or indifferent. He still fires off \u201cbrb\u201d in half his texts, and I\u2019ll probably never see him type \u201cI\u2019m sorry\u201d in full. But something\u2019s shifting \u2013 he typed \u201cthank you\u201d a few times, even threw in a surprisingly heartfelt \u201chope you\u2019re well\u201d the other day.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a modest shift, but maybe that\u2019s the point: Sometimes, just a few more letters can let someone know they really matter.<\/p>\n

Author Bio:<\/strong> David Fang is a PhD Student in Marketing at Stanford University<\/em><\/p>\n

Sam Maglio, an Associate Professor of Marketing and Psychology at the University of Toronto, contributed to the writing of this article.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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