I mean, I see chats as one continuous conversation and unless the conversation has been properly ended, it shouldn’t be necessary even if a night has passed.
I see chats as one continuous conversation
Well there is your answer.
If you would view them as individual conversation then putting a greeting at the beginning of each makes perfect sense.
Most people consider conversations ended if neither party adds anything for a space of time.
A reasonable space of time is definitely overnight.
If there’s been a pause of several hours, people consider it a new conversation. “Good morning” implies that the speaker assumes other participants have slept overnight.
Oh I see, even if chats are organised by person, the conversation has ended (even if improperly) if X time has passed. So people organise mentally the conversations as individual interactions, it is the social component that overrides the digital organisation.
I think I get your point.
Thank you.
Sadly, I get that a lot. Even as a child. Now I’m approaching 40 and we’ll, that never changed.
It’s also just a way to ping you and see if you’re there and ready to continue a conversation politely / small talk and a way to start talking again.
Reading a bit into “ended improperly”, one possibility of them saying good morning could be if after they stopped talking late at night you still added 10 or so more messages in a row. Hehe. I used to get that alot. Basically both sincere and sarcastic at the same time. To let you know they are awake now and caught up on your continued posts after they fell asleep, as well as poke a bit of fun that you maybe missed a “too subtle for us” hint that the other person was going to sleep before you kept posting.
To synchronise.
It announces “I have returned to the chat, and am available for messages or have something I wish to tell you, and am checking for your availability”
It lets the other person know you are up and available for chatting in case there was anything they want/need a quick response to.
