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[–] [email protected] 39 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

"A voice note is just like talking on the phone but better," says Susie Jones, a 19-year-old student. "You get the benefits of hearing your friend's voice but comes with no pressures so it's a more polite way of communicating".

Gross, voice notes are the worst of both worlds.

Text for things that are information critical, phone calls for things that are time critical.

Email for business (and keep the original chain going instead of starting a new one every time you think of something else to add!), text messages for associates, chat apps for friends and family.

Anyone who disagrees is wrong.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah, voice notes are the “your solution to your problem is somewhere in the middle of this 20 minute long YouTube video that could have been a short forum post with some screenshots instead” of the communication world.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Jesus, it's not just me! It seems like every answer I need is only found in a video format without labeled bookmarks/sections. I hate it so much. Give me a how-to with concise instructions and gifs, or give me death.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Can't get ad revenue on a short, concise, and helpful page.

Even a basic cookie recipe requires someone's whole life story to fill in the blank space between 10 ads

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Voice notes are pretty great when you're driving.

[–] Pika 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I've actively told any friend that send me a voice note that if you want me to respond to you don't send it as a voice note, I won't listen to it. It requires me to put headphones in or play it on speaker, and neither of those are happening unless it's important.

hard agree, voice messages are the worst of both worlds, you can't look at it and get the gist of what's said, and you have to deal with listening to it, while requiring more bandwidth to use.

I've told my friends instead of pressing the voice button, just press the speech to text button, I'm more likely to read a wall of text than listen to a voice message.