I wouldn’t say we’re afraid.
I don’t particularly like speaking on the phone though, but it’s alright, I even worked call center for a while so it doesn’t bother me much these days.
Anyways, essentially texting is just more efficient.
I can’t speak for everyone else, but for instance at work, I hate it when I have a question or need assistance on a specific topic, ask on my team chat and have a couple of people saying “quick call?”.
If it’s something really complex, fine… that’s fair.
Other than that? It’s just so inefficient. I can be working on something else and just reply during my off time between tasks, same with whoever I ask help from.
Also, most of the time I’m listening to music, or I have my TV with ambience sound on the background. So then I have to turn everything off just so I can go for a 5minute call for something that could be done over chat on the same amount of time.
Sorry this comment turned out way longer than I thought it would.
So asynchronous communication can be more efficient for certain types of communication, but in other scenarios synchronous communication will be more efficient. Learning to identify which type of communication fits which type of mode is a valuable skill to have, one I recommend that everyone develops.
you make it sound so mystified…literally the difference between real time and time delayed methods of audio/visual.
Discord does both.
if i may, what i think, Think, you might be missing. It’s not just one phone call, we can and are reachable by everyone at every minute of the day via social apps and hand held phones in general…couple this knowing Each of us has a different social battery. talking drains that cell. etiquette, being polite and conscious in the moment is mentally taxing.
Texting allows us all to go at our own speed. not the speed of the other listener/talker. Lastly, like others have pointed out. this is not the 80s anymore, we live in a globalized world with real time events happening all the time, we are constantly engaged in the new drama or horror so after we just got full dose of nsfw content we probably are not in the best mindset to be having a conversation over voice.
real time comms are for Race, Military and COD teenagers so they can inform us how much sex they are having with our mothers. we know this. humans aren’t total dongers. yet
I do miss that magic period of early cheap VoIP where my friends and I would have a call going more or less in the background while all doing our own things. A lower-cost impromptu hangout before we all had cars.
That was never about efficient transfer of information though. Calling with demands is just intrusive.
Not that I ever turn my ringer on. Dang robocallers.
I wouldn’t say we’re afraid. I don’t particularly like speaking on the phone though, but it’s alright, I even worked call center for a while so it doesn’t bother me much these days.
Anyways, essentially texting is just more efficient. I can’t speak for everyone else, but for instance at work, I hate it when I have a question or need assistance on a specific topic, ask on my team chat and have a couple of people saying “quick call?”.
If it’s something really complex, fine… that’s fair. Other than that? It’s just so inefficient. I can be working on something else and just reply during my off time between tasks, same with whoever I ask help from. Also, most of the time I’m listening to music, or I have my TV with ambience sound on the background. So then I have to turn everything off just so I can go for a 5minute call for something that could be done over chat on the same amount of time.
Sorry this comment turned out way longer than I thought it would.
So asynchronous communication can be more efficient for certain types of communication, but in other scenarios synchronous communication will be more efficient. Learning to identify which type of communication fits which type of mode is a valuable skill to have, one I recommend that everyone develops.
you make it sound so mystified…literally the difference between real time and time delayed methods of audio/visual.
Discord does both.
if i may, what i think, Think, you might be missing. It’s not just one phone call, we can and are reachable by everyone at every minute of the day via social apps and hand held phones in general…couple this knowing Each of us has a different social battery. talking drains that cell. etiquette, being polite and conscious in the moment is mentally taxing.
Texting allows us all to go at our own speed. not the speed of the other listener/talker. Lastly, like others have pointed out. this is not the 80s anymore, we live in a globalized world with real time events happening all the time, we are constantly engaged in the new drama or horror so after we just got full dose of nsfw content we probably are not in the best mindset to be having a conversation over voice.
real time comms are for Race, Military and COD teenagers so they can inform us how much sex they are having with our mothers. we know this. humans aren’t total dongers. yet
I get what you mean. Overall, if it’s not urgent I’d rather not make/receive calls.
I do miss that magic period of early cheap VoIP where my friends and I would have a call going more or less in the background while all doing our own things. A lower-cost impromptu hangout before we all had cars.
That was never about efficient transfer of information though. Calling with demands is just intrusive.
Not that I ever turn my ringer on. Dang robocallers.