______________________________________________ “There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.”
Originally posted by HRK: No Skype, No Zoom, Facetime yes with family..
Basically the same thing, just different programs.
They're all variations on videoconferencing, which has been a thing since like the 1980s, but never really took off on a large scale until the 21st century. Then there was a recent massive surge due to the pandemic lockdowns causing videoconferencing to replace most face-to-face conversations for a period of time. (Heck, we even had videoconference court hearings during the pandemic.)
Never Skyped. Never Zoomed. Facetime and Signal, with friends and family.
"America is at that awkward stage. It's too late to work within the system,,,, but too early to shoot the bastards." -- Claire Wolfe "If we let things terrify us, life will not be worth living." -- Seneca the Younger, Roman Stoic philosopher
Zoomed exactly once, a Covid Happy Hour with friends. I have, however, shoulder surfed several video conference calls with my wife's employee group, they use it a lot being that they are distributed around the globe. Does not seem to enhance productivity.
Never Skyped, Tweeted, TikTok'd, or Facebooked, and intend to keep it that way. Nobody wants to see my ugly mug, anyway.
Posts: 6941 | Location: NoVA | Registered: July 22, 2009
My greatgrandpop: “Do you ever ride/try one of them new-fangled motor driven carriages? You know, that noisy, smokey automobile? That Ford?”
Your greatgrandpa: “Never! Horses are just fine.”
LMAO!
Hope none of y’all getting your electrons from nookuular radiation… or drinking dihydrogen monoxide for thirst … make sure to grab yourself a halo on the way out.
"Pacifism is a shifty doctrine under which a man accepts the benefits of the social group without being willing to pay - and claims a halo for his dishonesty." ~Robert A. Heinlein
Posts: 26758 | Location: dughouse | Registered: February 04, 2003
I don't even like talking on the phone. MUCH prefer texting for a couple of reasons:
1. I'm not tied to the phone. I can reply now, or later when I've had time to think about it and/or it's more convenient.
2. I have time to consider my replies. Extended silences on the phone are uncomfortable. Blurting out the first thing that comes to mind is occasionally embarrassing or unwise and sometimes both.
3. While I expect this topic is concerned primarily with casual conversations, there are circumstances when a record of "who said what" is handy.
Be careful when following the masses. Sometimes the M is silent.
Posts: 15637 | Location: Downeast Maine | Registered: March 10, 2010
We use Skype for Business at work, I work in IT. I don't use the video portion, but we can "Share" our desktops. Gives the other end the ability to view all of my programs/desktop. Much better than seeing someone's ugly mug. They can't see me as I have a piece of black electrical tape over my camera.
Posts: 5835 | Location: 7400 feet in Conifer CO | Registered: November 14, 2006
