5 tweets · January 2023 · 57 likes · 0 retweets · read on Twitter
voice messages are cool tech most people send w zero context tho, which misses low-hanging fruit for using them responsibly: - mention how time-sensitive - share logistical details (times, addresses) outside - giving at least 1 word of context (eg "idea", "Q", "funny story")
I enjoy voice messages but I may go hours or days without an obvious time to listen to them, so if someone sends me one that's like "hey, there's a <cool thing> happening tonight, lmk if I should hold ur spot" with zero context.... 😒🤬 instead, simply: "party tonight! <audio>"
if you want to send a high-urgency voice message with zero context, there's another technology that's better for that it's called a "phone call" 📞📞📞 then you get my reply immediately, or you find out I'm not available—immediately! it's a win-win.
if you can send a voice memo, you can also send a couple of words of context, since speech-to-text is widely available now so it's literally the same interface
it's worth sending context even if the thing is *not* urgent, because otherwise I can't necessarily trust that you're not the sort of person who would send me an urgent thing without tagging it as such, so I sort of have to open it to find out