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Re:The Death of the Telephone Call: 1876–2007 by arjie on Saturday September 24, 2016 @08:56PM (#12573333)
It's not about transferred information fidelity, it's about short feedback loops, the ability to interrupt, and the knowledge (on both sides) of attention.

Since concise and clear statements can be made in both media, the difference is entirely in the limitations of the transport medium, and written text lacks all of the characteristics I earlier mentioned.

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Re:The Death of the Telephone Call: 1876–2007 by nitrogen on Sunday September 25, 2016 @01:38PM (#12576314)
The ability to interrupt is what I most dislike about voice. IRC/IM/Slacj/HipChat/whatever can provide just as short of a feedback cycle, and people can be inattentive in voice calls as well, which is a greater waste of time due to their synchronous nature.
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