Communication

[LordCowCowCowCowCowCowCowCow]

How are you at communication (of various methods)? What is your preferred method of communication? Do you miss when phone calls were more common or are you praising the creators of texting/other methods?

 

So yeah, discuss communication I suppose.

[(GigaDrillBreaker)]

Well, I used to be in multiple Skype group chats. Now i am only in 1, and that is for an RP. Really only 1 person I consistently talk to on Skype at this point. I text friends occasionally, and there is a friend I do a phone call with about every other day.

[Flash Flyer - Sakura]

Most of the time, I just email people (namely my college advisor, college professors and some of my classmates for team projects).

I have a Facebook, but rarely talk to people on it (save for some guys on a Pokemon game, and people from martial arts club who I've known for quite a while).

 

A lot of you know I have a Skype, but I don't go on it often because everytime I do, I have to wait for the DP log to clear out (and that's about 2-4k messages).

TBH, once Nai got added; things started to slow down on my Skype thing. [I add him, and then it implies access to the DP room].

 

Phone calls are generally reserved for parents and relatives on the mainland nowadays; and some appointment things.

 

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So yeah, I don't miss talking on the phone.

And honestly, the longest I'm even on said phone is about 2-3 minutes (and usually with relative from East Coast).

[Simping For Hina]

I like talking to people. In any means. 

[The banterbus is in town]

Uhhhhhh, I IM one or 2 people on Skype sometimes I guess. There's only maybe 1 person I talk to weekly which is pretty darn consistent for me. I honestly prefer face-to-face though. It feels more personal to me I guess???

[Cosmo.]

Welp since i'm an awkward mess, text messages are a divine blessing! You can't screw up, bcs you can change what you wrote!

So yeah, that's mostly what i use, but i sometimes use Teamspeak too

[Cin]

I don't talk on the phones, I might text my friend, but I never call her. Other than that I tend to just use chat (on Kongregate or Skype) or use FB to talk. 

[Not-so-Radiant Arin]

I mainly use Skype for everything now. But that's also because a lot of my friends are on Skype, as well. Before Skype, though, I used to PM on forums. When there was work-related stuff preventing people from logging on to Skype, the forum PM would be a good alternative. As far as phone calls and texting, I only have a couple of IRL friends and only a couple of people that got my phone number from Skype, so there's that.

 

E-Mail, pssh, I only check that like once every month~

[Simping For Hina]

It is funny how you guys are so connected to everyone, but I find it absolutely unnecessary to communicate so much as many of you do. I am not really the person that likes to communicate that much, even if I like to communicate with people. 

[mitchermitcher]

Text-based conversation is god's gift to men.

[Fusion X. Denver]

I suck at getting back to people with email and texting. I see that they messaged me and think, "I'll respond to them later."

Except I don't.

Or at least, not until later than I should have. It's also a big problem because I do that to literally everyone.

 

As for IRL communication, I've heard I have a talent for engaging people. I'm pretty good about eye contact and listening too, so people who like to talk like talking to me.

[ihop]

I suck at getting back to people with email and texting. I see that they messaged me and think, "I'll respond to them later."

Except I don't.

 

Man, I do this all the time as well.

 

I must say my favourite form of communication is probably still face to face. I really really don't like phone calls to the point where I normally just ignore calls and reply with "text me". Various forms of internet communication, mainly Skype, Facebook and Showdown PMs are like, ok, but I still don't think there's a substitute for face-to-face communication.

[Azure Wolf]

The short answer I don't. I have Skype but never really use it, I only have family on my mobile and only text in reply to questions or need something, I only use e-mail for school work and for getting info from sites. I only really communicate on here and one chat room which doesn't want to load for ages so I'm not really on it.

 

IRL I don't really start up conversations outside of family, last time was almost 5 years ago so. In conversations I can easily communicate if the topic interests me, small talk I don't do. Long talks or debates about games probably, though overall I am more likely to sit and wait for someone to talk to me, then try to keep it as long as my interest allows.