To look at it another way, I don’t see how I could cut the above comment in half while retaining all the same meanings, there just aren’t that many commonly known abbreviations or slang words.
“Hey M.Y.Zou, email tends to be more formal, verbose and slow. Discord and chat feel more like quick informal chatting.”
(no, this doesn’t cover all the exact same nuances as the previous sentence, but part of the point is that those nuances weren’t really necessary. Slack also tends to pull extra nuance out of you if it’s actually important, but only when it’s actually important)
I think MYZ was referring to his comment rather than Daphne’s and saying that that one couldn’t be halved in length without substantial loss. (But I disagree. “Your first email might be formal but later ones between ~equals usually aren’t. I bet no one at Lightcone is writing a lot of emails like the one above. Abbreviation and slang surely don’t give a 2x shortening—do you have an example?” That’s from 826 bytes to 237 bytes. My condensation is fairly extreme and loses nuances but is still full sentences with complete words and the reduction is substantially more than 2x.)
“Hey M.Y.Zou, email tends to be more formal, verbose and slow. Discord and chat feel more like quick informal chatting.”
(no, this doesn’t cover all the exact same nuances as the previous sentence, but part of the point is that those nuances weren’t really necessary. Slack also tends to pull extra nuance out of you if it’s actually important, but only when it’s actually important)
I think MYZ was referring to his comment rather than Daphne’s and saying that that one couldn’t be halved in length without substantial loss. (But I disagree. “Your first email might be formal but later ones between ~equals usually aren’t. I bet no one at Lightcone is writing a lot of emails like the one above. Abbreviation and slang surely don’t give a 2x shortening—do you have an example?” That’s from 826 bytes to 237 bytes. My condensation is fairly extreme and loses nuances but is still full sentences with complete words and the reduction is substantially more than 2x.)