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0 pointsNeliquat8y ago0 comments

Face to face or a phone call is best when you need to communicate quickly with the ability to clarify on the fly.

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I hate phone calls with a passion. I can deal with email in my own time and personally don't find it causes a huge cognitive load to keep my inbox clean.

Similarly msn pings. I can check em when I'm not deep in thought or actively working on a problem, or ignore that flashing for 5 mins until I'm done.

I don't understand the argument at all - a phone call is a demand that cannot be ignored for any period of time, similarly an in person chat. Book a meeting if it's important.

setr8y ago

>a phone call is a demand that cannot be ignored for any period of time

Wasnt the grandparent's question about urgent communications... that seems to me a very useful property

But I also have the opposite opinion; phone calls are by far the best method of remote comm to resolve something quickly. It hate people who don't know how to pick up calls with a passion

every time I'm forced to resort to text or email, the 5 minute problem likely is set back 30 minutes and half a day respectively; text because its a terrible method of communication, and email because no one bothers checking and responding in timely fashion

Fine if you're busy or otherwise unavailable, but anyone who comes back and tells me they subjected me to such bullshit on principle can burn in hell

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