Terence EdenJun 1

It is amazing how some "clever" people completely misunderstand the world.

"I don't want to watch a video! Give me the text!"

"Urgh! I don't need my browser to summarise this document."

"Just spend a few years learning to play an instrument."

"Did you even read these 17 poorly-formatted but peer reviewed papers about your disease?"

"A voice note? Really? Just type it!"

There's a whole intellectual privilege in thinking that everyone has the same level of literacy as you do.

Show threadKrisJun 1
@Edent That might be true, but the reverse is also true. Voice messages for example are easy and quick for the sender, but a serious hassel to parse and understand for the person recieving. Regardless of the level of literacy, it is quite rude to push the effort onto the recieving end to make it a bit more convenient for yourself.
Show threadMat
@kris @Edent reading through this thread, it reminded me of this long running debate about whether Signal should add a feature to enable blocking of voice messages. Personally I think should be the responsibility of people to discuss with friends their preferred communication method https://community.signalusers.org/t/ability-to-block-disallow-voice-messages/27347/145
Ability to block / disallow voice messages

It’s also not exactly a popular feature request. Only 23 ❤ .

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Show threadsunflowerinrainJun 1
@okwithmydecay @kris @Edent
Options.
Some people can't cope with videos, some can't hear audio (or not clearly), some struggle to read...
Show threadMatJun 1
@sunflowerinrain @kris @Edent a simple solution would be people being able to express their preferred method of communication, in the same way people can express their pronouns. This is not a technical problem, but one of interpersonal communication.