A new study suggests that people who abbreviate their text messages might seem insincere. addition, they might be less likely to receive replies. Researchers Stanford University the USA and the University Toronto in Canada analyzed 5,000 text messages to gauge the impact abbreviations. Test participants had to rate their perceived sincerity messages and without abbreviations. They also evaluated their likelihood responding. The researchers said: "Abbreviations make senders seem less sincere and recipients less likely to write back." They added: "Abbreviations signal a lower level effort the sender."
Abbreviations text messages and social media comments have evolved a distinct genre of writing. The first text message was sent 1992. Since then, a system abbreviated text has developed that is largely understood and widely used. Many abbreviations are now dictionaries. Truncated terms like "fyi," "cul8r," and "imho" are commonplace text messages. Of course, these mean " your information," "see you later," and " my humble opinion". Researcher David Fang said: "We thought texters might like abbreviations because they would convey an informal sense closeness, so we were surprised that abbreviations elicited negative perceptions people who use them."
