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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.

Annoyed_Crabby ,

100% during work, 50% offwork depend on who they are. Tbh i wish i could not answer any phone call except friends and families.

GreyShuck ,
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Basically all of them.

A quick skim shows me that the only people who have called me this so far this year are:

  • Doctor
  • Dentist
  • Sister
  • Wife
  • Close friend

I expect that this would be much the same for last year too.

I have no reason not to speak to any of these.

gravitas_deficiency ,

Must be nice not getting like 2-8 spam calls daily (no, that is not an exaggeration)

GreyShuck ,
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I’ve had the same number for 24 years now. I have only ever had a handful of spam calls in total over that time.

I probably get one a month or so on my work number.

tobogganablaze ,

Close to 100% for known contacts.

Very close to 0% for unknown numbers.

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

Anonymouse ,

I’ve run the gamut with these apps and none seem to really work I’ve even tried a few paid ones. These days, if you’re not in my contact list or you don’t provide caller ID, I don’t answer.

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.

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

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.

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.

trk ,
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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.

EABOD25 ,

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

chahk ,

I’m in the opposite camp - never answer calls from area codes same as mine. Scammers now target numbers with same area code as the one they’re spoofing. If also the first 3 digits after the area code match too, that’s an even higher chance of a scam.

EABOD25 ,

I don’t have the same area code as the area I live in so it’s pretty simple to weed spam calls out

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.

xiao ,
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Close to 0%

eran_morad ,

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

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.

chottomatte ,
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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

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