BilliJo Aldrin Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Voice is fine for close friends "stepping out" of sl for a bit, but just for regular or random convos, text all the way 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsSeren Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 Depends on who I am with and what I am doing; I voice when it comes to interviews for hiring hosts as we go over so much however we do type if we have too and I have to be on voice when it comes to staff or manager meetings. I have few trusted close friends I voice with however I mostly type; though I do not mind folk hearing me but I have to known you a while to do so as I am not good at speaking always due to speech impediment though I try not let me stop me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amina Sopwith Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 It's interesting how intimate and personal voice is considered to be in SL (for me as well), when in RL, it would mean absolutely nothing at all. One of the reasons why SL relationships are so intense. Things that are utterly weightless in RL become loaded with meaning here. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindal Kidd Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I prefer text too. But I think this survey's badly biased by the medium it's conducted in. All of us Forum users are textually oriented! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foxfirestorm Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I like text over voice. One part it is easier to have multiple conversations with text than with voice. With voice you can so easily cut someone off by accident, you can't really do that with text. My other is that text doesn't pick up the random background noises that comes with living in a multiple person household, where with voice if someone speaks up around you at the wrong time-- everyone can hear them in the background. Now, voice does have its uses, but it depends on the place and the what-for, but mostly-- I'm a text person. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syo Emerald Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Without a doubt: Text. I'm not a native speaker and I admit, that I would feel insecure talking to others in English. Writing on the other hand is much easier. Other advantages of writing are, that I have a bit more time to phrase my words and that I have more 'freedom' getting up from my chair, listening to music etc. without someone noticing (compared to being in a voice chat with someone). I also got the feeling that the SL voice chat isn't the best and that I would prefer, if some people here did not voice (terrible audio quality in general, chewing food while talking, noisy background sounds...). If I would do a voice chat with someone, I would prefer to switch it to a different software (preferably discord, as this is what I have currently installed and use for gaming). 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Huntsman Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Voice, because then you don't have too deal with Grammar nazi's. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Dagger Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Haselden said: Voice, because then you don't have too deal with Grammar nazi's. I see what you did their. Although, technically, wut u did they're would also necessitate a Punctuation Nazi, but why belabour a forum hilarity, eh? Edited January 24, 2019 by Skell Dagger 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Skell Dagger said: 25 minutes ago, Haselden said: Voice, because then you don't have too deal with Grammar nazi's. I see what you did their. Yay! A three-fer. And all without breaking a sweat or making a typo. Way cool. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skell Dagger Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Rolig Loon said: Yay! A three-fer. And all without breaking a sweat or making a typo. Way cool. I won't lie: I think I died a little inside while typing that 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Love Zhaoying Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 1 minute ago, Rolig Loon said: Yay! A three-fer. And all without breaking a sweat or making a typo. Way cool. But with voice, you can still use punctuation. 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rolig Loon Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Victor Borge remains one of my life's heroes. To this day, I find it hard to resist adding a verbal period or exclamation point. The grandaughters seem to like those a lot. I'm working hard to educate them properly, despite their parents' resistance. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LyricalBookworm Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 Text all the way since I'm deaf/hoh. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RachelWales Posted January 24, 2019 Author Share Posted January 24, 2019 2 hours ago, Lindal Kidd said: I prefer text too. But I think this survey's badly biased by the medium it's conducted in. All of us Forum users are textually oriented! That's possible. Didn't think of that. I've participated in quite a few forums so I guess I am biased towards text naturally. I do like a good verbal conversation when the discussion is interesting though, as well as story telling, tutorials and lectures but I'm more of a listener. Good point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Rolig Loon said: Victor Borge remains one of my life's heroes. To this day, I find it hard to resist adding a verbal period or exclamation point. The grandaughters seem to like those a lot. I'm working hard to educate them properly, despite their parents' resistance. I love Victor Borge. I've been told that grandparents and grandchildren share a special bond because they have a common enemy. Edited January 24, 2019 by Madelaine McMasters 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 42 minutes ago, RachelWales said: I'm more of a listener. ...likes you already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleMe Jewell Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Text. I've no desire at all to use voice, for lots of reasons, many of them already stated by others. Edited January 25, 2019 by LittleMe Jewell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) In text I: don't fight off dead air with "um", "uh", and "like". don't cough or sniffle. can converse while crunching potato chips and swilling root beer. have time to use Google to boost my apparent IQ. In text you all: don't fight off dead air with "um", "uh" and "like" (Okay, some of you say "like". Stop that!). don't belch or toot. can converse while having sex with someone else. have time to appear at least as intelligent to me as I pretend to be for you. Edited January 25, 2019 by Madelaine McMasters 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TatianaNikolay Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Mostly text, but I do voice with my sis and a few close friends. Especially if I'm editing or doing blog posts, I can still talk while multi-tasking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chibiusa Ling Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 I voice with friends and occasionally without. What I prefer depends on how I am feeling. Sometimes I just can not be bothered to type. Others I prefer typing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purrrkitten Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Text unless I'm feeling social. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arduenn Schwartzman Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) Voice, if you need to get the work done. Text is completely unworkable in creation-related meetings. Edited January 25, 2019 by Arduenn Schwartzman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritSparrow Skydancer Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) i'd rather voice, but it is hard to make a "oopps I crashed" exit when you grow bored with the conversation. Also, no one texts me or voices me anyway... so.. Edited January 25, 2019 by Tarina Sewell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karynmaria Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 (edited) I never voice. I text only. My job is customer service and it is on the phones. The last thing I want to do is voice in SL. I go to SL to escape my job! Edited January 25, 2019 by karynmaria 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpiritSparrow Skydancer Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Also, how else am I to verify who I am unless I voice to the people who require me to voice, just in case I am not who I say I am. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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