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A comment on The Death of the Telephone Call: 1876–2007.

Re:The Death of the Telephone Call: 1876–2007 by Spooky23 on Saturday September 24, 2016 @04:46PM (#12572571)
The numbers used here don't really make the case. A text message is a conversation element, a call is a conversation.

I spent 4 hours on the phone Friday, on 5 calls. I also sent a couple dozen texts. According to the article, I'm not a phone user.

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Re:The Death of the Telephone Call: 1876–2007 by morganvachon on Saturday September 24, 2016 @08:15PM (#12573218)
> The numbers used here don't really make the case.

I got that impression too. I think a better metric would be minutes spent talking compared to text messages sent. Even then, I can talk about a lot more in a minute of voice than I can in even five minutes of texting, given the lag between messages.

The article is riding the line between absurdity and parody.

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