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Re:Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic... by OneTimePetes on Friday November 12, 2021 @08:03AM (#29198871)
Yes, i know, no market, no interest in it, but there is this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literacy

It correlates with the wealth in a country. An-alphabets will prefer voice chat.

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Re:Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic... by tut-urut-utut on Friday November 12, 2021 @08:36AM (#29199101)
Is that why people from marketing department rather call IT people on the phone than typing over a messenger? Or god forbid, use an email.
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Re:Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic... by WillSlim95 on Saturday November 13, 2021 @08:15AM (#29209498)
Very likely, the answer to your question may be close to a Yes
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Re:Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic... by mangamadaiyan on Friday November 12, 2021 @08:22AM (#29199009)
Nitpick: Perhaps you meant "illiterate"? I guess you were thinking "analfabeta" :)
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Re:Fifty percent of Facebook Messenger’s total voice traffic... by GekkePrutser on Friday November 12, 2021 @10:41AM (#29200367)
Indeed but the article in particular mentions that this was the suspected region originally but turned out to not be the case.
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