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What matters is the quality of the response, if someone is obviously apathetic towards me in text i excise them from my life
I agree. Also the answers tend to be more thought out and not just mindless reactions. >

if its just chitchatting I dont think I need to "mentally prepare for the next message", since its the most low stakes situation possible, but yeah, all the same I kinda agree. I preffer when people space out their responses. In group chats in particular, I never read them when theres 50-100 or more messages accumulated.