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To me it feels texting takes longer. Call someone up and it’s done in less than a minute. Why write some long ass message?

Most folks don’t even bother writing back… Message seen? Best forget about it.

Edit: typo

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Kinda depends, doesn’t it?

Do they need to find the information you need or is it something they can answer off the top of their head?

Does the phone call include formalities or is it just “Hey I need X” “Here’s X” “thanks, see ya!”

Is this person likely to broach other topics or answer you and move on?

Each method has its strengths depending on the question

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For me, it’s about evidence and accountability.

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This so much. Text/email/slack leaves a permanent, searchable record. Synchronous communication is complete garbage and there are very few scenarios where it should be tolerated, much less encouraged.

Honestly, I’m at the point where if someone insists on calling, I assume they are up to something and are intentionally trying to not go “on the record”

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But… Call recording exists

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Sometimes you don’t want that :)

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If someone doesn’t write back it must not have been that important. I’m pretty much never just going to drop what I’m doing and answer the phone to have a conversation about an unknown topic which will take an unknown amount of time.

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sounds like you’re getting ghosted for a reason.

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