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Re:'One Ring' Phone Scam by ric2b on Monday May 06, 2019 @09:07AM (#19839037)
I generally dislike voice calls because they take me out of what I was doing and require my attention during the call.

Voice calls are useful for things that need to be dealt with quickly but otherwise async communication is much more pleasant.

Re:'One Ring' Phone Scam by rgoulter on Monday May 06, 2019 @10:08AM (#19839513)
Yup.

A voice call means they need my attention RIGHT NOW. (This is fine if it's during declared "office hours"). If the call is from someone I know, then it's likely they could have also messaged me or emailed me.

But if the call is from someone I don't know, it's either a scam or they're trying to sell me something. Some situation where they are more prepared than I am. But even then, text can be unambiguous in detail where I might fail to hear something in the call. And with text, I can generally take my time to reply when I choose to, can take the time to consider what to reply, etc. For better or worse, text omits a lot of "body language" aspects too.