I am at my most eloquent when texting. Talk to me and I’m an idiot.
Audio call is the worst actually.
Live communication and no face to interpret context. Absolutely the worst.
“hello are you still there?” While my mind is still processing the previous sentence.
There do exist conditions that will cause me to pick up the phone when you call and unless you meet them i wont even tell you what they are, just send an email or text instead.
Yeah agree
Text >>>>>> in person > video call >>> phone call
Would be my preferences.
Agreed. And phone calls have some horrible compression artifact that makes them unpleasant to hear.
Chat assumes relatively quick responses. Email or bust.
I don’t know why people think this is true. Just because you message me on slack doesn’t mean I’m going to see or respond to it immediately.
Slack is hardly chat in terms of SMS or Signal.
Even with SMS, idk why people expect an immediate response. My dad texts me and if I don’t respond in an hour, he starts spamming me. I don’t think there is a single piece of technology out there where people should expect the recipient to be constantly reachable.
Chat > face to face > video call > call
But the last two are a near tie, and way worse than the first two… Phone calls are the worst.
Am I the only one who prefers face-to-face over everything else?
It’s the only form of comms where I have all the information/cues to interpret, and no bullshit lag.
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In person - all cues, real time.
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Text - verbal comms, gives me a chance to read. No body language or tone to glean from though.
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I hate audio calls because I’m hard of hearing, sound quality is shit and I can’t lip read or respond on my own time.
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Video is somehow worse since now two sensory inputs are fucked due to awful stream quality/lag and my usual methods of trying to understand what’s said are shot. Worse, people expect it to be “better” because I can see now and it makes me angrier. 🙃
I fucking hate people in general, and do all I can not to interact with people if I don’t have to. But if I have to talk to someone, I’d rather drive 20 minutes and talk face to face than deal with any type of phone or video interaction. That said, I’d much rather just have a quick chat or email to get the same thing done.
Depends on the context for me. There are definitely times I’d rather be face to face, but there are also times I’d rather text.
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I’m a xennial and I feel the exact opposite. Although I do choose chat over other methods in some situations.
Same and same. Everything being re readable makes me nervous and awkward. Chat is for ppl I feel comfortable around.
I’m actually
Chat > Video Call > Face to Face > Audio Call
I hate conversing voice alone unable to read any queues on how they’re taking in what I’ve been saying.
face to face > video > chat > call because not being able to see a person’s facial expression scares the crap out of me. I need to calm my nerves before important calls by simulating the conversation with AI.
You can gain confidence by doing it
F2F > live recording with no interaction on their part > chat > audio call > video call > text I don’t know why it’s different than chat > colonoscopy sideshow > zoom breakout meeting
For me I’ve got to put live recording away toward the end. If I’m doing a recording, I’ve got way too much opportunity to second guess myself in editing and zero indications whether I’m going a useful direction in my talk.
i record my practice sessions so i kinda got used to it i guess.
Woah. I didn’t know there was an even stronger one. Does this go on?
This is actually why I want more politics to happen via webcam conversations. Bots can’t interfere, and it’s harder to express a totalitarian sentiment like “AlL iMUGrEntS dIE BYbY”
