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> being reachable 24/7 Email and phone are in the same boat, or none of them if you simply turn off the alerts. > another medium for communication when email
by hunter2_ 7y ago
> being reachable 24/7
Email and phone are in the same boat, or none of them if you simply turn off the alerts.
> another medium for communication when email works just fine
When the topic at hand can only be resolved by many round trips, chat is faster because you don't bounce through different interfaces to read vs type.
> talk to one person only to be spammed by everyone else in the room
Direct message, not a room.
> walking over and talking or making a phone/video call
That is much more likely (perhaps even guaranteed) to be an interrupt, while chat allows the recipient to choose precisely what things interrupt them.