Comment by seattle_spring 2 months ago
Right? I had a couple of friends switch over to voice messages on FB messenger when the feature was introduced. I don't talk to them anymore because I just never could be bothered to listen to that crap when they could have just as easily used the text messaging like a normal person.
However if one doesn't speak the language natively, text is far preferable because I can quickly translate. Can’t translate some long voice message.
I am in multiple group chats: Spanish, Catalan, English. And with quick translators, we can all communicate with each other. With voice, it would be impossible.
> However if one doesn't speak the language natively, text is far preferable because I can quickly translate. Can’t translate some long voice message.
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>and it's faster for you to read than hear.
Actually it isn't. I struggle with auditory processing, and routinely mishear things.
If I want to refer to something from an audio message a second time while I'm responding, audio messages are impossible to easily reference. Asynchronous audio messages are awful.
Empathy is also understanding that different people have different preferences, often driven by physiological differences. If my friends were dyslexic or blind or struggled to type, I would be open to voice memos for that reason, but they are all very proficient typists.
A written document inherently allows you to process it at your own pace. A voice memo cannot do that.
I'm sorry, but did you read what you wrote a response to?
Sure. But it's less invasive for both. I can send a text on the bus without bothering anyone. I can read a text on the bus without bothering anyone. Time isn't the only reason that many people don't like voice messages.
I think some data about how much usage the feature gets would be more helpful here than simple I do/don’t comments.
It's faster for them to speak than write, and it's faster for you to read than hear.
Empathy equally applied would mean the message is never sent.