I've seen massive decline for me in terms of mental (and also partly physical) health over the past couple years and a half. For about 2x6 months I wasn't even

I've seen massive decline for me in terms of mental (and also partly physical) health over the past couple years and a half. For about 2x6 months I wasn't even working at all. So I don't think it has to do with working remote or not (when I did work half of the time was remote, roughly). I think this whole experience was tough on everybody, my take is that especially for profiles who are a bit on the introvert side, it's harder for us to come back to offline socializing. What was a small amount of misanthropy for me has increased dramatically. Anyway I don't think it has to do with a tool in particular, just that you are focusing on it because you hate it. I used teams then slack and didn't notice a difference in how bad they are (btw I like the way you phrase it saying it's not lossless communication). All tools now allow for voice and video and screen sharing and they are actually more convenient than "come at my desk on building 3 and I show you" (or much worse because I've worked in situations where you can't even meet the guy).