PSA: your greeting matters way more than your 800 word definition and nobody talks about it

hot take maybe but i'm convinced the first message is doing 90% of the work. i kept obsessing over my definition while my greeting was literally 'hi how are you' and wondering why nobody stuck around. rewrote just the opener to actually set a mood and the vibes were instantly better. stop wasting your greeting on small talk, set the tone from the first line. that's the whole post