I’m not reading that crap, summarise it in a voice note
Imagine going to the effort of writing and publishing an article, having a whinge about voice messages. That’s worse than sending a voice message ffs😂
I hate voice notes, text me if it’s not time sensitive or ring me if it is. Don’t make me turn the sound on on my phone and have to go somewhere quiet if I don’t have to.
Voice notes are a pox.
I imagine this article is a self indulgent monologue no one wants to read..
Who the fuck cares it’s just another form on communication. It doesn’t fucking matter what you use as long as you can talk to the person .
Imagine being paid to whinge about nonsense like this, ridiculous
Yeah fuck voice notes. Glad she said it.
What I hate most about voice notes is how long it takes the person to get to the fucking point. They’re just thinking out loud because they don’t want to take the extra step of having to crystallise their thoughts into a sentence that can be just texted to someone.
I use them a lot with a couple of my best friends who emigrated to Canada and it’s really great getting to hear their voices so often.
Alternatively, they’re a convenient way of messaging while walking and hearing far away friends’ voices on tap.
I keep any voice notes my wife sends me. I hope I don’t need them some day to hear her voice, but they’re there if I do.
Otherwise voice notes should be the exception not the rule. Like where you would text but are not in a position to type or dictate a response. Driving is the perfect scenario, dictating is shit in my experience it continuously gets words wrong and you’re never sure punctuation will come across correctly unless you proof read. Voice note is better, where Siri reads a person’s message out to me and best if she default asks if I want to reply with voice note. This should be integrated into every app that has voice notes, making it extra useful for accessibility.
Also if you must do voice notes keep the message short <10 seconds unless it’s to a loved one like spouse child or parent who will appreciate listening to your voice for 5 minutes uninterrupted
I’ve never heard a voice note that couldn’t have been better as a two-sentence text message
I find voice notes much handier when you’re walking or driving. I certainly don’t appreciate any that go beyond more than a few sentences though. Just don’t be a melt and drone on for half an hour. If it’s that important, ring me.
A lot of voice note senders outing themselves in here! Have you ever been described as “an external processor” by any chance?
Don’t really get the voice notes hatred here. I prefer them to texts from a few of my close friends as they are usually fucking hilarious.
Voice notes are handy if you have something long to say and don’t want to type it all up. People who get upset over these kinds of stuff seriously need to get on with their lives.
I like them, handy when you need to get a few points across or have a bit of info to say. Have no problem receiving them, too. I wouldn’t send one if a quick message could do the job.
Maybe I want to hear my Mam’s monologue about her day?
Maybe I want to hear my best friend who’s across the country ramble aimlessly for a few minutes the themselves?
Maybe I find texts to be grand for acquaintances but too impersonal for my close friends and it’s too hard with our busy lives to set a time to call eachother?
Maybe I’m not miserable?
Glad to know there’s nothing more pressing in the world.
It’s ironic that she talks about self-indulgence and then proceeds to go on about what she wants as if her preferences are all that matter.
Started using them when living in Asia. QWERTY Keyboards can be cumbersome to write with for Asian languages apparently so voice notes were the quicker option a lot of the time so it was the preferred way.
Christ listen to all of ye. If you don’t like hearing your friends voice you’re a fucking dose.
I’m against them because they encourage people to hold their phone like a twat, as illustrated perfectly by this lady.
My best friend passed away last year. You’ll appreciate the likes of voice notes far more when you know you’ll never hear any more of that voice again.
Correct, they’re obnoxious. Don’t make me turn off what I’m listening to to hear you say something you could type
I love the fact that my friends will take a few (or more) minutes out of their day to think of me and send me a voice note about something they wanted me to hear. I much prefer it to texting, which makes me feel isolated when it’s someone I haven’t talked to in a while. I like hearing their voice, their inflections, and the small random occurrences happening around them. It’s nice.
If you’re annoyed about voice notes, say it to your friends. This isn’t a big issue, it’s a personal one. You need to communicate (ironic) with your friend and make sure you’re on the same page. They’re not trying to be self-indulgent, they just have a different communication style to you.
Personally, I’d prefer a friend who sends 10 minute voice notes over someone who sends an incredibly long paragraph of text. Or worse, a two-word text that gives me no information about their lives and makes me feel like they just don’t want to talk to me.
I like getting them from friends who no longer live here.
But don’t expect me to reply straight away, especially if I’m out and about or don’t have headphones handy
wow
Didnt people used to say txt messaging was killing the phone call its coming around full circle
I like them when they are 10 seconds of less and the person gets straight to the point. I don’t wanna hear a 5 minute thesis to my question of “pub later?”
Jokes on you, I love hearing my friends, family, girlfriend etc ramble on about the lives like the little adorable fucks they are.
Easier and more personal than texting without the time constraints of calls.
They aren’t for everyone in every situation. It just great to have many tools to use to communicate.
My wife has trouble seeing without her glasses. So will sometime send a voice note.
Sometimes its just nice to hear someone’s voice if you haven’t seen them and have a nice message saying they are thinking of you.
It’s obvious not to replace text or anything.
Wow you guys are miserable.
Yes voice note to ask me to pick up milk on my way home is dumb.
But voice note for you to tell me a story so I can get your tone of voice and laugh along with you, priceless.
I don’t send voice notes and nobody sends me them. I’m out of the loop on this one 🤔
I would say 60% of my communications now are voice notes- I love them, can listen/reply in the car, can listen when you’re busy doing housework or with the kids, and I love to hear my friends natural chatter. I think it feels much more personal than texts.
I love a long voice note. I can listen while I’m making a snack after work or something. Not practical when I’m on the bus or enaf information quickly, but a friend giving a bring me up to speed with the news type message is always appreciated by me
I use them when communicating with my severely dyslexic cousin as its much easier for him.
I imagine there are other disabilities that they help alleviate as well.
I understand the authors frustration, but at least a nod to empathy in the article would have been nice.
Strange opinion piece. In public it’s no real difference to calling someone directly. The people I know who use them a lot do it because it’s something to long to text out and they don’t want to call that person because one of them is busy
Shite opinion pieces are the self indulgent monologues that nobody wants to read.
I have one friend who almost exclusively communicates this way and it’s infuriating.
Like when I’m out in town or commuting etc I need to fucking pause my music or podcast just to hear what they have to say or in some cases insert headphones in general? Fuck that.
Have you ever been around someone who voicenotes in a group of people? Either or sending or listening to one in a group setting, it’s infuriating.
9/10 times just writing a message is faster and more efficient too unless they’re telling a good story which is very rare.
lmao what a miserable take. People can do what they want.
For me, I think they have their place. If its a question or a point that would make for a ridiculously long text then the voice note is probably easier for both. But if its a one sentence job I’d rather be text, or if it’s something even longer or that requires back and forth I’d rather a call.
I know Others like them, especially with family who are far away to hear voices. But I’d much prefer to arrange a time for a call that suits us both.
Good fucking god, people here would really moan about anything
The article is a self indulgent monologue about self indulgent monologues – so meta. Agree about walking along the street with the phone in front of you though, it’s like advertising your main character syndrome.
I’ve a friend will send voice notes and yes, there is an element of existential dread when I see 3:43 on the thing, but at the same time I see the point of then for people.
The writer here sounds like they’ve their head far enough to their arse to see the transverse colon.
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I’m not reading that crap, summarise it in a voice note
Imagine going to the effort of writing and publishing an article, having a whinge about voice messages. That’s worse than sending a voice message ffs😂
I hate voice notes, text me if it’s not time sensitive or ring me if it is. Don’t make me turn the sound on on my phone and have to go somewhere quiet if I don’t have to.
Voice notes are a pox.
I imagine this article is a self indulgent monologue no one wants to read..
Who the fuck cares it’s just another form on communication. It doesn’t fucking matter what you use as long as you can talk to the person .
Imagine being paid to whinge about nonsense like this, ridiculous
Yeah fuck voice notes. Glad she said it.
What I hate most about voice notes is how long it takes the person to get to the fucking point. They’re just thinking out loud because they don’t want to take the extra step of having to crystallise their thoughts into a sentence that can be just texted to someone.
I use them a lot with a couple of my best friends who emigrated to Canada and it’s really great getting to hear their voices so often.
Alternatively, they’re a convenient way of messaging while walking and hearing far away friends’ voices on tap.
I keep any voice notes my wife sends me. I hope I don’t need them some day to hear her voice, but they’re there if I do.
Otherwise voice notes should be the exception not the rule. Like where you would text but are not in a position to type or dictate a response. Driving is the perfect scenario, dictating is shit in my experience it continuously gets words wrong and you’re never sure punctuation will come across correctly unless you proof read. Voice note is better, where Siri reads a person’s message out to me and best if she default asks if I want to reply with voice note. This should be integrated into every app that has voice notes, making it extra useful for accessibility.
Also if you must do voice notes keep the message short <10 seconds unless it’s to a loved one like spouse child or parent who will appreciate listening to your voice for 5 minutes uninterrupted
I’ve never heard a voice note that couldn’t have been better as a two-sentence text message
I find voice notes much handier when you’re walking or driving. I certainly don’t appreciate any that go beyond more than a few sentences though. Just don’t be a melt and drone on for half an hour. If it’s that important, ring me.
A lot of voice note senders outing themselves in here! Have you ever been described as “an external processor” by any chance?
Don’t really get the voice notes hatred here. I prefer them to texts from a few of my close friends as they are usually fucking hilarious.
Voice notes are handy if you have something long to say and don’t want to type it all up. People who get upset over these kinds of stuff seriously need to get on with their lives.
I like them, handy when you need to get a few points across or have a bit of info to say. Have no problem receiving them, too. I wouldn’t send one if a quick message could do the job.
Maybe I want to hear my Mam’s monologue about her day?
Maybe I want to hear my best friend who’s across the country ramble aimlessly for a few minutes the themselves?
Maybe I find texts to be grand for acquaintances but too impersonal for my close friends and it’s too hard with our busy lives to set a time to call eachother?
Maybe I’m not miserable?
Glad to know there’s nothing more pressing in the world.
It’s ironic that she talks about self-indulgence and then proceeds to go on about what she wants as if her preferences are all that matter.
Started using them when living in Asia. QWERTY Keyboards can be cumbersome to write with for Asian languages apparently so voice notes were the quicker option a lot of the time so it was the preferred way.
Christ listen to all of ye. If you don’t like hearing your friends voice you’re a fucking dose.
I’m against them because they encourage people to hold their phone like a twat, as illustrated perfectly by this lady.
My best friend passed away last year. You’ll appreciate the likes of voice notes far more when you know you’ll never hear any more of that voice again.
Correct, they’re obnoxious. Don’t make me turn off what I’m listening to to hear you say something you could type
I love the fact that my friends will take a few (or more) minutes out of their day to think of me and send me a voice note about something they wanted me to hear. I much prefer it to texting, which makes me feel isolated when it’s someone I haven’t talked to in a while. I like hearing their voice, their inflections, and the small random occurrences happening around them. It’s nice.
If you’re annoyed about voice notes, say it to your friends. This isn’t a big issue, it’s a personal one. You need to communicate (ironic) with your friend and make sure you’re on the same page. They’re not trying to be self-indulgent, they just have a different communication style to you.
Personally, I’d prefer a friend who sends 10 minute voice notes over someone who sends an incredibly long paragraph of text. Or worse, a two-word text that gives me no information about their lives and makes me feel like they just don’t want to talk to me.
For personal stuff? Dealers choice.
For work related stuff? Get fucked.
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I like getting them from friends who no longer live here.
But don’t expect me to reply straight away, especially if I’m out and about or don’t have headphones handy
wow
Didnt people used to say txt messaging was killing the phone call its coming around full circle
I like them when they are 10 seconds of less and the person gets straight to the point. I don’t wanna hear a 5 minute thesis to my question of “pub later?”
Jokes on you, I love hearing my friends, family, girlfriend etc ramble on about the lives like the little adorable fucks they are.
Easier and more personal than texting without the time constraints of calls.
They aren’t for everyone in every situation. It just great to have many tools to use to communicate.
My wife has trouble seeing without her glasses. So will sometime send a voice note.
Sometimes its just nice to hear someone’s voice if you haven’t seen them and have a nice message saying they are thinking of you.
It’s obvious not to replace text or anything.
Wow you guys are miserable.
Yes voice note to ask me to pick up milk on my way home is dumb.
But voice note for you to tell me a story so I can get your tone of voice and laugh along with you, priceless.
I don’t send voice notes and nobody sends me them. I’m out of the loop on this one 🤔
I would say 60% of my communications now are voice notes- I love them, can listen/reply in the car, can listen when you’re busy doing housework or with the kids, and I love to hear my friends natural chatter. I think it feels much more personal than texts.
I love a long voice note. I can listen while I’m making a snack after work or something. Not practical when I’m on the bus or enaf information quickly, but a friend giving a bring me up to speed with the news type message is always appreciated by me
I use them when communicating with my severely dyslexic cousin as its much easier for him.
I imagine there are other disabilities that they help alleviate as well.
I understand the authors frustration, but at least a nod to empathy in the article would have been nice.
Strange opinion piece. In public it’s no real difference to calling someone directly. The people I know who use them a lot do it because it’s something to long to text out and they don’t want to call that person because one of them is busy
Shite opinion pieces are the self indulgent monologues that nobody wants to read.
I have one friend who almost exclusively communicates this way and it’s infuriating.
Like when I’m out in town or commuting etc I need to fucking pause my music or podcast just to hear what they have to say or in some cases insert headphones in general? Fuck that.
Have you ever been around someone who voicenotes in a group of people? Either or sending or listening to one in a group setting, it’s infuriating.
9/10 times just writing a message is faster and more efficient too unless they’re telling a good story which is very rare.
lmao what a miserable take. People can do what they want.
For me, I think they have their place. If its a question or a point that would make for a ridiculously long text then the voice note is probably easier for both. But if its a one sentence job I’d rather be text, or if it’s something even longer or that requires back and forth I’d rather a call.
I know Others like them, especially with family who are far away to hear voices. But I’d much prefer to arrange a time for a call that suits us both.
Good fucking god, people here would really moan about anything
The article is a self indulgent monologue about self indulgent monologues – so meta. Agree about walking along the street with the phone in front of you though, it’s like advertising your main character syndrome.
I’ve a friend will send voice notes and yes, there is an element of existential dread when I see 3:43 on the thing, but at the same time I see the point of then for people.
The writer here sounds like they’ve their head far enough to their arse to see the transverse colon.