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Voicemail is the worst possible form of communication. Consider a plot of fidelity vs latency. You want to talk to somebody - high-fidelity back-and-forth comm
by JoeAltmaier 4y ago
Voicemail is the worst possible form of communication.
Consider a plot of fidelity vs latency. You want to talk to somebody - high-fidelity back-and-forth communications instantly. It's up in one corner of our plot.
Now consider voicemail. One-way, lots of "um, uh" wasted time, tedious menus to fetch and wade thru it, maybe tomorrow. It's down in the other corner of our plot.
Literally any other form of communication beats that. Text. Email. Hell, send a letter. But you try to leave me a voicemail, you're saying "Here, you type this email".
I never even set up my voicemail.
- colechristensen 4y agoI don’t get this at all. The UI on voicemail is easy on every phone I’ve used for a decade. Room for one fact “I called about X, it is this important” or “This is the simple piece of information I wanted to cover”
- monkpit 4y agoHow is this different or more convenient than a chat message? Hey! I’m working on X and I was wondering if you’d have time today to help me out.
- jen729w 4y agoAgreed. Transcribe-to-SMS is the only way. In my work circle a protocol has naturally established itself. If you call me, I assume you want something. Otherwise you wouldn’t have bothered calling me. So you don’t need to leave a message: I will see your missed call, and I will call you back. Those quick replies you can send from your phone help. Customise them. I use two: “Can’t pick up, call you back in 5.” “I’m in a meeting, call you back as soon as it’s over.”