She’s describing a new iPhone feature that allows call screening. She encourages readers to use it to acknowledge callers they don’t mind speaking to (as opposed to scam calls, etc.) because, like you, she feels direct conversation is better than text (& it’s her *job* to report on technology!), quoting a college professor who says, “when we choose text over voice, we avoid the chance to make a closer connection.”
It’s an informative column & she’s always entertaining, so I thought you might find it interesting!
Wall St Journal tech columnist Joanna Stern also has an article today urging people to return to voice calls. <https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-all-start-leaving-voicemails-again-2d2fa77f?mod=djemptech_t>
She’s describing a new iPhone feature that allows call screening. She encourages readers to use it to acknowledge callers they don’t mind speaking to (as opposed to scam calls, etc.) because, like you, she feels direct conversation is better than text (& it’s her *job* to report on technology!), quoting a college professor who says, “when we choose text over voice, we avoid the chance to make a closer connection.”
It’s an informative column & she’s always entertaining, so I thought you might find it interesting!
I love this! Thank you for sharing.
I will say, I was disappointed to see the comments readers posted aren’t so receptive to the idea. Oh well…