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Schal330 ,

“It’s the anxiety associated with real-time conversations, potential awkwardness, not having the answers and the pressure to respond immediately” - this hits the nail on the head for me about not wanting to be on the phone/teams call in the work place. Being pulled into a call with no context is my biggest nightmare.

metaStatic ,

I always answer the phone.

Because if you're not in my contacts my phone doesn't even ring.

foster_hangdaan ,

This. I just set my phone to Do not disturb and only the calls from my contacts list are exempted.

acosmichippo ,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

in ios the phone app has a setting to silence unknown callers.

ganymede ,

honestly i think this is due to unplanned voice calls essentially being broken technology now.

imagine we had 2020s email spammers while mail servers had 1990s spam filters, that’s basically where we’re at now with unplanned voice.

JesusSon ,
@JesusSon@lemmy.world avatar

I am Gen X (1970 give or take a couple of years) and I don’t answer shit. I look up numbers and rarely listen to Voicemails. If you know me and I want to talk to you, you will know how to reach me. Everyone else can get fucked.

I think it’s less generational and more fuck all this spam and scams.

witty_username ,

I read your message in Fred Durst’s voice

acosmichippo ,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

in my voicemail greeting i tell people to text or email me.

beejjorgensen ,
@beejjorgensen@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

I’m the same generation. My flowchart is: known contact, answer. Unknown contact, voicemail. Automatic VM transcriptions are great.

Perhapsjustsniffit ,

Gen X’er. Same here. I don’t even leave the ringer turned on on my phone. Fuck that shit. If you know me too know how to find me.

Max_P ,
@Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me avatar

Texting is also damn convenient, I can deal with several conversations at once without having to pause the movie I’m watching.

Speaking on the phone doesn’t just tie your line, it ties your whole life too.

Dymonika ,

Sure works wonders if you’re busy with a chore. Laundry? Dishwashing (for the unfortunate souls without easy access to a dishwasher)? That’s the best time to call any yakker you know!

Carrolade ,

Another advantage of text, for me at least, is that I can read much faster than I can listen. This is why I prefer text articles to news videos, even though video can often offer extra visual information over what photographs can offer.

That said, I do somewhat agree with the article’s concern that live conversation is an independent skill and potentially has its own unique side-benefits that might be becoming rarer.

queermunist ,
@queermunist@lemmy.ml avatar

Meanwhile, boomers will spend hours talking to a ChatGPT script that has convinced them its the real Oprah Winfrey.

LucidBoi ,

hahahahaha im dying idk why youre getting downvoted

witty_username ,

Well obvs the bots got offended

otter ,

I don’t think anyone answers the phone now, unless they recognize the number.

Most of the calls I get are

  • spam
  • spam
  • someone sent me a time sensitive message, so they ring me once to respond faster
  • spam
echo ,

Yeah, I’m early gen-x and I only answer the phone if its a member of my immediate family and even then it’s 50/50. Capitalism ruins everything. Need to talk to me? Leave a message and I’ll decide if and when to call you back.

KoboldCoterie ,
@KoboldCoterie@pawb.social avatar

Everyone I want to talk to knows not to call me; I feel exactly the same. Phones used to be useful, but the sheer volume of telemarketers and scams have reduced it to uselessness. If it wasn’t for 2FA occasionally requiring a phone number, I wouldn’t even have one at this point.

ReversalHatchery ,

Same. In the last few years (2-3 probably, I don’t count) I don’t think I have given it out anywhere. I just pretend to not have a phone number, and if people think that’s weird I don’t care, deal with it. Nowadays if a service requires my phone number, I don’t need that service. Or in rare cases I’ll try to find a free online number for receiving a code, but that’s the only alternative I take.

metaStatic ,

2FA

Use an authenticator or Yubi key. SMS authentication is the worst possible method.

chiisana ,
@chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net avatar

You don’t always have a choice as it is dictated by the service provider, but whenever possible, disable SMS based MFA and enable TOTP or something else. SMS based MFA is susceptible to SS7 MitM attack.

metaStatic ,

Settings>Do not disturb>exceptions>Caller in contacts

alt: Set default ringtone to silent, no vibration, Set people in contacts to custom ringtones.

colournoun ,

Also on iOS: Settings > Phone > Silence Unknown Callers

acosmichippo ,
@acosmichippo@lemmy.world avatar

in ios there is a phone app setting to silence unknown callers.

Maestro ,

American? I'm from The Netherlands and I get maybe 1 spam call every other month or so. And I've been using the same number for almost 25 years.

Midnitte ,

Must be nice to a functional telecommunications agency that has the tools to punish soammers.

belated_frog_pants ,

Oh we do too. Verizon and att make money off of selling the scammers our phone numbers and they wont spend the money to stop it

otter ,

Canada, we face the same issues as the US for telecom stuff

umami_wasbi ,

Lucky me I rarely get spam calls

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