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I don't think you've seen enough people using WhatsApp to send voice messages to their contacts. I do see a lot of people doing that on the subway, the bus, the
by princekolt 9y ago
I don't think you've seen enough people using WhatsApp to send voice messages to their contacts. I do see a lot of people doing that on the subway, the bus, the street, and everywhere else around Barcelona. And it is the same in every other place I've been to recently.
And I can see a very obvious reason why: it's easier. Typing is annoying and slow, and you make lots of mistakes. People don't care others are listening. When was the last time you memorized something irrelevant someone else next to you was saying on the phone?
Maybe you don't want a single word of what you talk about to be heard by anyone else. But most other people don't care, and the reality is that most other people around are too bothered with their own lives to pay any attention to it.
- qubex 9y agoWhenever I get a vocal message I just ignore it and write back ”sorry, I’m not going to open that because I am in a delicate situation, could you please resend as text?” People being lazy doesn’t mean they can expect me to disrupt my existence to receive their lazy communication,if it isn’t worth their time to type it then it isn’t worth my time to read it.
- beobab 9y agoI don't use the voice features of whatsapp, but my wife often does. Nuances of voice communication, such as "how worried does X sound" are important to both her and the group she is in.
- djpr 9y agoI dislike it too, but there's a huge number of people that don't. I noticed a lot of South Americans and Spanish people using WhatsApp via voice recordings. Coming from Asia, I gotta say we prefer communicating with emojis. :p
- unobtaniumstool 9y agoI bet you have lots of friends.
- dang 9y agoCould you please not post uncivil or unsubstantive comments to Hacker News? It's against the spirit and rules of the site: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.
- unobtaniumstool 9y agoI find my comment civil, substantive, and a worthwhile contribution to the discussion. Maybe you should talk to the guy I replied to.
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