Hacker News Reader

Phone calls are simpler than email, more secure, and urgency is built-in. You don't email 911 in an emergency.

Yes, this is why I consider a voice number important. Nobody in my social circle makes a voice call unless some serious emergency is happening, so just the fact that they're calling is a big and useful emergency indicator.

It also means that if I get a call from a stranger, there's about a 99% chance that the call is one I don't want to take. It makes filtering out telemarketers and scammers much easier.

That all sounds great, until you meed someone who cannot communicate over phone at all.

I've worked with people who simply ignore emails and don't respond for multiple days.

I've worked with people who only respond to the first question in the email, and ignore other questions.

I've worked with people who were unable to follow instructions if overall email length was longer than 2 paragraphs.

.. in all those cases, it was so much fast to call people. Requires more effort, but latency was so much lower.

eh I'll just delete this stupid webpage then

Phonesaredumb.com