Has someone been periodically messaging you short questions like "How you doing?" without engaging in longer and deeper conversations? Well, that person may be"paperclipping" you.
"Paperclipping" comes from Clippy, that early 2000s Microsoft paperclip figure that would ask questions.Typically, it will consist of periodic short questions and other messages via text or other messaging app.
Paperclipping is when someone you know pops up every now and then on one or more of your messaging platforms to ask you some frivolous questions. The question may be a simple"Hey, whatsup?" or"How you doing?" via a smartphone text or some social media app. Regardless, the common theme is that when you answer the question posed, the conversation rarely ends up going very far. In fact, you might not even get a response to your response.
In all cases, paperclipping can allow a person to keep a door open with you as a potential future backup, since you currently are not enough of a priority for, you know, real deeper conversation or actual action to further the relationship. Basically, you are not that important to that person right now but may have more value in the future—perhaps if you become better looking, wealthier, or better-known, or that person becomes really desperate in future.
The big tell is what happens after the initial message. Does it lead to something else, like a live phone, video, or in-person conversation? Or does it always seem to die on the vine after just a few exchanges? In other words, how much is the other person actually investing in communicating with you?
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