People who send WhatsApp Voice Notes are the worst

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"They're easier". Yes....easier for the sender only, not the recipient!

They have a function occasionally (i.e. if something is hard to explain and needs a bit of extra context) but other than that they're just lazy.

And the rambling ones... just no. Please organise your thoughts before you share them.

AIBU?

The only person I know who sends them is dyslexic and can send a message in seconds rather than minutes, I don’t mind getting them at all.

If they’re more than 30 seconds long IDGAF, I’m not listening to that. They’re the kind of people who make podcasts, 99% are full of shit and love the sound of their own voice so I can’t be doing with them.

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8:51 13:20pm

I do feel that many of the people who persist in sending them are the same people who have midweek weddings because its better for them, and screw the fact they’re dumping that labour /cost onto others.

I absolutely loathe them. I don’t take phone calls (with extremely limited exceptions), so I generally don’t listen to voice notes. I may tell the worst offender that my phone has developed a bug where it deletes them.

What’s a peculiar viewpoint?

There are lots of reasons people voice texts
They’re not great at typing
They don’t have great finger dexterity
They don’t have great eyesight
The dyslexic
The list could go on and on

You have a very binary outlook on the world

Perhaps you should self reflect more

and I say this is someone who doesn’t leave voice text because I find the sound of my voice makes me slightly self-conscious

Makes me want to stop the whole conversation when I receive VN 😂

I can’t even deal with voicemails, so for me voice notes are so irritating.

Hate them. I just transcribe them and skim read. Even if it's not accurate you can usually get the jist. But I'm open about the fact I don't listen to them and will happily reply by text to say I don't listen to voice notes, the transcription looks like you said blah blah is that right? (If there's any confusion.)

I hate them! One of my colleagues went to an emergency dental appointment and rather than text our boss to let him know what was happening and how long she would be, she fucking sent me voice notes asking me to relay information. I can’t stand her due to a lot of background so I didn’t bother being her lackey. When she asked if I told our boss I said ‘oh I don’t look at my phone when I’m working and I don’t listen to voice notes…sorry!’ She could have texted or voice noted him! She has zero boundaries and I have had to ask her not to text me outside of work about non urgent work related stuff..send me a teams or e-mail during work hours please!

I hate them. But i do send them if I have toddler with me and need to let Dh know something, much easier and quicker than typing.

Whatsapp can transcribe now, it's not brilliant but it's better than listening to a long message. I also have it on faster speed, so the chipmunk on acid voice is pretty humorous.

I did used to send voice notes but I try not to do it much anymore, as I realised how much I hate listening to them haha.

I refuse point blank to listen to them. My friend continues to send them to me knowing I won't listen 🤣. I can't listen half the time because my surroundings aren't suitable, and I can read a message in a few seconds whereas a voice note takes SO MUCH TIME! 😭 Especially with the ramblings. . . "oh, where am I going, oh yeah, down this street, god, forgot where I was going then, haha, what was I saying, oh yeah, so it was a nightmare... Ooh hi! You okay, ah just saw someone I know,haven't seen him for ages, he used to live near me, anyway, where was I.. " AAAARGH!

I have one voice noter in my life but she’s very concise with them - her messages are more akin to voicemails so super quick (and easy to use transcribe on!)
Everyone else knows I won’t listen to them so have stopped sending them.
anyone else experiencing the fresh hell that is LinkedIn voicenotes?!

Wrong, I much prefer listening to a voice note.

DD sends them to me all the time. She lives hundreds of miles away and i love hearing her voice. I wouldnt say she is the worst of people for sending her Mother a message.

That is genius re the bug! I might try that.

I do absolutely loathe them. It is passing on labour (even if it’s just a little bit of labour) to the recipient. And then you can’t look back over what they’ve said.

I mean, if I know the person is dyslexic or similar I will understand but usually it’s people I positive know are not. Although I will even tell my DS who is dyslexic not to send them as I can’t abide them but also can’t listen to them in work.

My exh does it and I had to tell him I won’t listen to them. They are a power play from some people (like him) who engage in that sort of thing. I won’t accept them from him as you can’t screen shot what he’s said and agreed to!

My friend sends voice notes because she claims things pop into her head and she'd forget otherwise.
She's usually out walking the dog with wind howling around her so I've no idea what she's saying.

I don’t like them. I listen & reply by text

The one thing worse is people who start their point/ disagreement with the word “wrong”.

No one has made you the arbiter of the conversation!

See also “you win the internet”.

I love them but only send them to people who also like them. I love getting them too it’s like a podcast off people who I like.

My sister sent me one .. three days later she passed away. I'm so glad l kept it.
My daughter sends me them.. l send back.. l think they are lovely

I’m not a fan for all the reasons others have mentioned and it seems like we’re not alone here in the UK
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn7kpyye4y0o?app-referrer=deep-link

I can’t stand them. My annoying young adult daughter constantly sends them to me. Then again, she often accuses me of being ‘aggressive’ because I dared to use a full stop🙄 So she is clearly not to be trusted regarding phone communication.

You aren’t at all tolerant, for lots it is easier.

I only like them when its someone telling about something that happened, where the voice really makes a difference in the telling. Or when my friend sends one where she's trying to tell about something funny that happened but can't stop laughing while making the voice note. Otherwise I am not a fan. But no one ever sends them to me apart from the aforementioned situations so its alright.