alt Hacker NewsBut weirdly you are on hackernews, an online community. I also don't see how the phone can be better than online apps. Phone calls are really intrusive, it forces you to talk with someone when they want as opposed to being an asynchronous method of communication like Whatsapp.
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> Phone calls are really intrusive
I'm generally introverted but somehow prefer phone calls over the alternatives. I don't want to play the "lets discuss where to have lunch over the next two days, waiting for the person to reply / remember to reply" game many people using IM seems to like to play.
Instead, we do a two minute call, hear each other's voice, say everything that needs to be said, save the rest for when we meet. Done and done, then move on with the rest of life.
I don't see it as intrusive at all, even though again I'm introverted, instead I see it as something personal and efficient. Yes, it forces both of us to take time to talk to the other person, I don't necessarily see this as something negative, either way.
I did note that anomaly.
You’re not wrong on phone calls. But you gain so more. A friend calls in tears - can you really feel that on WhatsApp?
I will note that we use WhatsApp for group calls.
I do actually miss having a desk phone and having the policy that calls are always urgent and emails are not. A bit of respect between people forms then.