ICYMI, using chat abbreviations makes you look insincere, tests show


Readers might respond with TBH IDGAF or even LOL GTFO, but the team said they research on the matter was extensive and they only came to their conclusions after conducting eight experiments with over 5,300 people. — Image by freepik

WASHINGTON: The American Psychological Association has published research telling phone texters to write words properly if they want to come across as honest and worth replying to.

People who text abbreviations "were perceived as more insincere," according to researchers from Stanford University and the University of Toronto, giving the TL;DR version of their paper.

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