I greatly prefer conversation (face-to-face or phone call, they seem similar) because the bandwidth and latency are so much better. And I avoid writing e-mails to the point where I phone back if it’s important and don’t answer otherwise. Like text messages, they only seem useful to communicate one-to-many or if you don’t want to disturb someone. (And for flirting!)
Anyone agree, and have we discovered an interesting difference here or is it just a preference?
I’m forty-two, but I’m fairly technologically sophisticated and had e-mail from twenty-one on (and far prefer it to writing letters!)
I loathe phones with a deep and personal passion. I can function well in text, and I can do just fine in person, but my conversation skills just fail miserably with the combination of time pressure and missing non-verbal cues on the telephone.
Anyone agree, and have we discovered an interesting difference here or is it just a preference?
I really couldn’t say; my dislike of using telephones follows straight from being hard of hearing, so I have no idea what my preferences would or would not be in a counterfactual universe.
I greatly prefer conversation (face-to-face or phone call, they seem similar) because the bandwidth and latency are so much better. And I avoid writing e-mails to the point where I phone back if it’s important and don’t answer otherwise. Like text messages, they only seem useful to communicate one-to-many or if you don’t want to disturb someone. (And for flirting!)
Anyone agree, and have we discovered an interesting difference here or is it just a preference?
I’m forty-two, but I’m fairly technologically sophisticated and had e-mail from twenty-one on (and far prefer it to writing letters!)
I loathe phones with a deep and personal passion. I can function well in text, and I can do just fine in person, but my conversation skills just fail miserably with the combination of time pressure and missing non-verbal cues on the telephone.
I really couldn’t say; my dislike of using telephones follows straight from being hard of hearing, so I have no idea what my preferences would or would not be in a counterfactual universe.