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Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by pavlov on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @03:41AM (#33432412)
That’s ok. Metadata improves context but isn’t mandatory. Some people want it, others don’t bother.

It’s like sending a calendar invite. Sure, you can send an invite with nothing but your email address and a date+time. But many people would find an empty invite a bit rude. It’s just polite to include some context about the meeting. The phone call should evolve in that direction.

Re:The first minute of every phone call is torture now by tsol on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @06:13AM (#33433546)
If it's not mandatory, then what's the point? You can already send text messages if the message is important. And since it's optional, both spammers and your lazy family will leave it blank making it useless to filter out spam.