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What percentage of phone calls (to your personal phone) do you answer?

I'd say I'm hovering around the 60% mark.

I don't answer calls from numbers I don't recognise, unless it identifies someone I'm expecting a call from with the "maybe" thing. I don't use my phone for work (often). I don't call people to catch up, I'd rather IM. My mother or my best friend call and I ignore them more often than I probably should.

But really I just don't like talking on the phone that much.

ZeroTwo ,

3%. Mom, dad, and girlfriend. Anyone else nah.

ClassifiedPancake ,

99%. I just don’t answer Anonymous calls because nothing good comes from that.

But there was a time where I could not even answer unknown numbers because I was in some kind of spam database and got 5-10 calls a day. It went on for weeks and they changed the number every time. Simply hitting decline didn’t stop it. I ended up setting my phone to block all calls not in my contact list (while still looking into my caller list occasionally) and a few weeks later it stopped. Now I became more trustful again.

I don’t get calls often anyways.

chottomatte ,
@chottomatte@lemdro.id avatar

All of them unless I’m asleep while putting my phone on silent mode , or listening to the lecture , or I didn’t hear the ringtone

Bluu ,

My phone is on silent 99% of the time, unless I’m expecting a call for something important. I miss most calls except for when I’m already looking at my phone, and honestly I rarely answer even if I see it. It works though. Most of it is spam. People close to me know I prefer texting.

eran_morad ,

Pretty much 100%, since i block all calls from unknown numbers.

xiao ,
@xiao@sh.itjust.works avatar

Close to 0%

gravitas_deficiency ,

This is part of why I straight up do not trust most “reliable polls”, because tons of them are still conducted via phone, and in the era of constant spam and caller ID, most people younger than boomers just don’t answer unknown numbers, and also don’t even have, and in fact have never paid for, a landline. Not to mention, I still have a west coast area code, and I live on the east coast, and most of my friends have area codes from wherever they grew up, not where they live now, so targeting by area code is often nonsense.

EABOD25 ,

Probably 20-30%. I don’t answer calls from different area codes than mine

trk ,
@trk@aussie.zone avatar

Pretty much never. Direct family only really.

Talking is for IRL, or actually urgent things. Everything else is a message or email.

Don’t ring me to discuss an email.

paddirn ,

Overall maybe only like 5–10%. Known numbers always, unknown numbers get iffy when I might be expecting a call from somewhere but don’t have their number saved.

POTOOOOOOOO ,

If it’s a number I don’t know and it’s a scam. I always try to pick up and insult their parents for not raising them right.

foggy ,

I answer calls from saved numbers and my local hospital and that’s about it. Otherwise you can leave a message and I’ll decide on getting back to you

WhatAmLemmy ,

My phone has been on silent permanently for the last 2 decades, so I miss 90% of calls. Only answer when it’s a known contact and I’m actively looking at my phone.

reallyzen ,
@reallyzen@lemmy.ml avatar

I have an app that blocks scam/spam so irl I answer 100% but technically I only pickup 50%

tobogganablaze ,

Close to 100% for known contacts.

Very close to 0% for unknown numbers.

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