Just like tabs vs spaces animosity has largely been ended through the use of auto formatters, I think there is a technological solution as well for this.
Create an auto responder for “Hi” and “Hello” that will just echo it back and not cause a notification.
So it becomes:
Other person: Hi
Auto responder: Hi
(No chat notification)
Other person: <Asks question>
(You get chat notifications, if enabled)
You: Answer question
This seems to solve most of the issues, and should be rather simple to implement.
Create an auto responder for “Hi” and “Hello” that will just echo it back and not cause a notification.
So it becomes:
Other person: Hi
Auto responder: Hi
(No chat notification)
Other person: <Asks question>
(You get chat notifications, if enabled)
You: Answer question
This seems to solve most of the issues, and should be rather simple to implement.