Researchers facilitated eight experiments with more than 5,300 people and found texters using abbreviations were less likely to receive responses than those who used fully spelled words. — Dreamstime/TNS
Brb, ttyl, icymi – texting can have a language all its own. According to a new study, using that language may come with unexpected, negative consequences, however.
Published in Journal Of Experimental Psychology: General, researchers facilitated eight experiments with more than 5,300 people and found texters using abbreviations were less likely to receive responses than those who used fully spelled words. Abbreviators were also seen as less sincere.
