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Re:No Thanks, Google. I'll Speak for Myself by p2t2p on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @05:04PM (#17034066)
However you’d expect an Mmmm-hm as reaction to certain phrases as an ACK. What it does is just ACKing the phrase from other user. I wonder if other user would get worried and started asking “are you there?” if they didn’t receive the ACK

Edit: typos

Re:No Thanks, Google. I'll Speak for Myself by mikeash on Wednesday May 09, 2018 @06:24PM (#17034754)
Totally! My bad reaction is to things like interstitial “um” which is completely unnecessary in a computer voice.