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spiderfarmer ◴[16 Jan 25 15:07 UTC] No.42726255[source]▶

I don't dislike calls, I just hate time wasting. And some e-mail threads should have been a call.

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pydry ◴[16 Jan 25 15:16 UTC] No.42726389[source]▶

This is my primary issue with async communication. Ive had email and slack conversations which lasted days where there was a 4 hour gap between messages and it is horrible.

In a call you can't be ignored or left on read for 4 hours.

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1. ezekg ◴[16 Jan 25 15:23 UTC] No.42726485[source]▶

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> In a call you can't be ignored or left on read for 4 hours.

You also have no time to formulate a thoughtful answer to complex questions, though, which is one my issues. Calls are fine for some things, but 90% of calls could be an email because they contain discussion that needs more than 15 minutes of thinking. And a lot of the time, these calls need a summary email to even keep track of what was said!

I think the gap issue in async communication is a feature, not a bug.

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