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Post by lisae on Jun 25, 2025 21:21:52 GMT
My preference is email which I check several times a day. If someone needs something more immediate, call me.
People I know well, I will respond to a text. I personally hate getting texts from people I don't know. Even people I know, I may not put their number in my phone unless I call them often. I got one the other day from a member of our quilt guild. Her number wasn't in my phone so I had to discern from the content who it was, check the number against our directory to be sure and then respond.
One reason I like email is I can type as much or as little as I want a lot quicker than I can type anything on my phone.
My least favorite would be social media direct messaging. I have all notifications turned off everywhere so I might not see something for months.
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Post by mollycoddle on Jun 25, 2025 21:23:10 GMT
Text, please.
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Post by gar on Jun 25, 2025 21:25:25 GMT
Pretty much any way really. I'm trying to think of a method/instance that annoys me but I don't think I can.
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Post by Zee on Jun 25, 2025 21:27:07 GMT
Text, always. But they should have the sense to tell you who they are in their message.
Email is fine but I won't see that as quickly.
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Post by Fidget on Jun 25, 2025 21:28:01 GMT
Text or Email that way I can respond when I'm free. Unless it's my kids or a close friend, then I prefer a phone call, I love hearing the voices of those I love.
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Post by katlady on Jun 25, 2025 21:30:13 GMT
My preference is by text or DM's from Instagram. I get instant notifications from those sources. I don't check my emails a lot so something can sit in my inbox for quite awhile.
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Post by papersilly on Jun 25, 2025 21:36:36 GMT
nothing good ever comes from a phone call. LOL. text please.
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Post by lesley on Jun 25, 2025 21:38:50 GMT
Texts are fine, but these days I use WhatsApp for 95% of messaging. My kids text me but everyone else is on WhatsApp.
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Post by librarylady on Jun 25, 2025 21:43:55 GMT
Depends on what is being communicated and who is involved.
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Post by caangel on Jun 25, 2025 21:47:02 GMT
I check all the places but expect most communication from friends/people I know via text. I put almost everyone into my contacts, I have over 850 contacts in my Google account.
While I do check email daily, things get lost/missed too easily there.
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Post by busy on Jun 25, 2025 21:49:47 GMT
Text or email. Please not the phone.
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Post by Tearisci on Jun 25, 2025 21:50:44 GMT
My dad will call me or I'll call him because he doesn't text.
I prefer text because I have iMessage on my laptop so I see it right when it comes in and can respond right away.
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Post by katybee on Jun 25, 2025 21:57:18 GMT
For friends and some work issues….100% text. I really despise talking on the phone.
For my best friends and family, texts or phone calls, depending on the situation. I do enjoy talking on the phone with the people I’m closest to.
I hate getting texts from businesses and politicians….it gunks up my texts. My email is already full of enough of that.
I check my personal email once a day and have tried to clean it up so it’s just things I actually care about.
I check work email many times a day…except right now. Yay summer!
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Post by christinec68 on Jun 25, 2025 22:06:19 GMT
I don’t really care - I don’t mind phone calls, texts and messages through apps are fine too.
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Post by katiekaty on Jun 25, 2025 22:30:46 GMT
I don’t. But if you have you can email or text, then I can ignore you at will! And yes I am serious! My family knows I will call back when I feel like sister texts, one brother emails, other two brothers know I won’t respond. ONLY my kids and grandkids are who I will respond to a call or text immediately. And some doctors offices. Other than that text or leave a message.
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Post by gina on Jun 25, 2025 22:36:38 GMT
Text. Please don't ever call me!
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Post by epeanymous on Jun 25, 2025 22:50:10 GMT
Text if we are actually friends, email if we aren’t. Social media DMs are fine for either.
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Post by airforcemomof1 on Jun 25, 2025 23:04:15 GMT
Depends on who is contacting me.
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Post by cmpeter on Jun 25, 2025 23:29:02 GMT
Personal text
Work email
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 25, 2025 23:40:17 GMT
If you want me to reply to you, do NOT send me an email!! I have a hard enough time keeping up with emails at work, I'm lucky to check my personal emails once a week. And even then it's only if I know I'm going to receive an email with concert tickets etc.
Are we talking about being contacted by friends, or other? For friends, I prefer to converse on Facebook Messenger. For businesses, I prefer to receive a text.
Don't call me. I don't want to talk to anyone unless it's to solve a problem that's too hard to do over texts.
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Post by gillyp on Jun 25, 2025 23:47:41 GMT
1. Text or WhatsApp please. 2. Email but I don’t check that daily. 3. Phone but don’t expect me to answer it, I normally let it go to voice mail. 4. I loathe direct messaging. It causes me major irritation. I’m a very sociable person.  |
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Post by chaosisapony on Jun 26, 2025 1:30:27 GMT
It really depends on the people. For family I prefer phone calls. Friends I prefer texting (or social media messaging, I basically use them interchangeably). For work I prefer emails first, phone calls second.
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Post by kate on Jun 26, 2025 1:48:00 GMT
I prefer texts. I also get DMs and WhatsApp messages. Emails are okay, and calls I generally don't like except from a few very close people. The reason I don't like WhatsApp or DMs is that people can see when I was "last active" - I don't need you to know that, thankyouverymuch.
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Post by gizzy on Jun 26, 2025 2:23:09 GMT
I prefer texts. I loved talking on the phone when I was a teenager. Now I hate it.
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Post by AussieMeg on Jun 26, 2025 2:38:49 GMT
Hahaha I just saw this meme posted on Facebook, by a Pea!  Ways to contact me ranked:
1. Text
2. Email
3. DM
98. Skywriting
99. Smoke signal
100. Call |
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Post by ScrapbookMyLife on Jun 26, 2025 3:48:48 GMT
Text is my preference, that way everything is written.....so I can reference it, if I need to.
Phone call is fine, but sometimes it can take awhile to end the call if someone is chatty.
NO social media messaging.
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Post by BSnyder on Jun 26, 2025 4:53:48 GMT
Text first. Then to chat, a follow up phone call. I hate cold calls. They are so intrusive. If you’re going to call, send me a courtesy text so I can mentally prepare or pause what I’m doing. Otherwise, I probably won’t answer…unless it’s my kids or husband, but I’m still internally annoyed 😉
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 26, 2025 4:56:10 GMT
I really hate social media messages. Sometimes I don’t see the notifications for those until a few days have passed and by then the information usually is no longer relevant. If you want to contact me, try a text first, call/ leave me a voicemail or if you have a long message send me an email.
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Post by ToniW on Jun 26, 2025 5:19:12 GMT
I prefer text or email. I do a lot of coordinating and information to people, so it's better for me to have a record of what they need, otherwise I might forget if it's a phone call. I like emails too as I can answer them late at night or early morning or whenever and know that I took care of what was wanted.
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Post by sueg on Jun 26, 2025 6:42:24 GMT
For me it is text, WhatsApp or Messenger. All of those give me an alert on my phone or watch, so I see them straight away and can decide whether or not I need to respond, and how soon. I hate talking on the phone, and it is also sometimes inconvenient to answer right then. Email is OK, but I find it easier to miss or ignore.
Overall: private - text or similar. Business - email or phone.
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