Texting style quiz › The Easy Read and the Hype Texter
Texting styles, together
The Easy Read and the Hype Texter
Two warm styles, one at full volume. Everyone feels liked, and a serious text can get lost.
A free quiz: pick the reply you’d send in 12 everyday moments. About 3 minutes.
Where it works
Both kinds of text feel glad, so threads stay warm and people come away feeling liked.
Where it trips
With this much good cheer, a real no or a hard feeling can slip by. A big yes can sound like a plan when it’s only a feeling, and a kind reply may not ask.
How each can be misread
Easy ReadThanks, see you then!
- Can mean
- We’re set.
- Can read as
- Didn’t hear the maybe.
Hype Texteryesss maybe!!
- Can mean
- Not sure yet.
- Can read as
- Yes.
How it can go
A plan that may not be one
Easy ReadCan you still help me move Saturday?
Hype Texteryesss maybe!! so excited for you!!
Easy ReadThanks, see you then!
Porcupine“yesss maybe!!” could be a yes or a maybe. The warm reply took the yes. Nothing’s gone wrong yet, but Saturday may not be settled.
Why it helps: Check before assuming ›One thing each can try
The Hype Texter
When someone’s counting on it, slow down for one plain line.
I can’t say yet. I’ll know by Thursday.
Why it helps: Honest and hearable ›The Easy Read
When a big yes has a plan in it, check the plan.
So that’s a yes for 10am Saturday?
Why it helps: Check before assuming ›What’s your texting style?
Pick the reply you’d really send in twelve everyday moments, and see your style, how it lands and one thing to try.
Find your texting styleMore on these styles
- The Easy ReadClear, kind, and easy to answer.
- The Hype TexterBig energy, lots of exclamation points, and you mean every one.
Just for fun, not a personality test. It describes how texts read, not who you are. If you’re afraid of how someone might react, put your safety first and talk to someone you trust (Safety first).