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I love telephones, they're useful for having efficient and comfortable synchronous conversations. I don't think the level of hatred expressed here is warranted.
by microcolonel 9y ago
I love telephones, they're useful for having efficient and comfortable synchronous conversations. I don't think the level of hatred expressed here is warranted. Yeah, it's annoying when occasionally you receive a phone call at an unwanted hour, but sometimes it's crucial for people to get in contact with you.
I have a publicly listed number (in addition to a private one), and I have not received a spam call this year even once. When people call my phone, it is warranted.
Telephones remain the best way to contact emergency services, or settle things which you have no option to settle in person.
- marssaxman 9y agoWhy do you want to have synchronous remote conversations?
- tialaramex 9y agoNot the above poster but: it is _so_ much faster to figure out what somebody is doing wrong like this. My first preference is a screenshare or video conference, so I can see what they see. Second is a phone call. Third is live chat like IRC or Slack and emails are a distant last place.
- pfarnsworth 9y agoThe same reason why sometimes meetings are actually important and faster to come to a decisions than email or chat. When you have all the stakeholders in front of each other, either physically or virtually, information is disseminated and decisions come together much quicker.
- microcolonel 9y agoIndeed, the mythical "good meeting". I swear I've seen it firsthand, but nobody believes me.
- astura 9y agoThe only times we've ever had meetings at work they've been good ones! We only have a few a year.