"Send me a message on Slack/Teams when you need me." Has fully replaced "email me" for anything under an hour's attention.
One for business customers: my 3-day intensive Code Craft workshop is getting its first public outing in 10 years on July 7-9. TDD, Specification By Example, Refactoring, Design Principles, CI & CD, and AI-assisted C…
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"Send me a message on Slack/Teams when you need me." Has fully replaced "email me" for anything under an hour's attention. "Ping me when the deploy finishes" implies a 15-second check-in, not a scheduled follow-up. Emails are for archival; pings are for right now.
ping me means "Send me a message on Slack/Teams when you need me." Has fully replaced "email me" for anything under an hour's attention. It's mostly used in workplace and corporate conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
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(transitive, Internet slang) To ping someone by replying to a previous message of theirs.
Using Discord's @everyone mention to notify every server member. Highly disruptive because it lights up every member's phone. Most servers restrict @everyone permissions to admins, since random members abusing it is one of the fastest ways to drain goodwill from a community. 'Don't ping everyone' is the universal Discord etiquette rule.
(transitive, Internet slang) To ping someone or some people and then delete the message with which one pinged them, which causes them to receive a ping notification but no message or sender.
(transitive, Internet slang) The act of ghost-pinging.
Sorry fella. Next time you have one ping me and I'll try and help boost.
"Ping me when the deploy finishes."
ping me means "Send me a message on Slack/Teams when you need me." Has fully replaced "email me" for anything under an hour's attention. It's mostly used in workplace and corporate conversation. It's casual and generally safe with friends and online. It's standard online vocabulary; nothing inherently concerning about hearing it.
"ping me" is slang. It means: "Send me a message on Slack/Teams when you need me." Has fully replaced "email me" for anything under an hour's attention. Register: casual. Use it in: casual conversation and online posts. Avoid in: formal writing and professional emails.
“One for business customers: my 3-day intensive Code Craft workshop is getting its first public outing in 10 years on July 7-9. TDD, Specification By Example, Refactoring, Design Principles, CI & CD, and AI-assisted Code Craft. The works! Ping me for details on how to book.”
“can someone ping me when he dies? thank you”
“Sorry fella. Next time you have one ping me and I'll try and help boost.”
“Next week I'm co-hosting the first ever Fractional Women's Summit. We have amazing speakers and tracks, but what I'm most excited about is what we've built in between. Friction-free moments designed to get people into real, substantive conversation. Ping me for an invite.”
“if anyone has such a joke that somehow combines at least 3 languages involved, please ping me.”
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