OT: Re: Younger generations preferring social media(esque) interactions.

Wed Mar 24 18:32:13 UTC 2021

On 3/24/21 17:51, james.cutler at consultant.com wrote:

> An extension of Mark’s comments could include actually using a voice 
> call if there really is an immediate need — voice message recording is 
> built-in to many smart phones, wireless handsets, and VoIP services. . 

And this is where - per my observations in Africa - that I realized that 
formal literacy is not a prerequisite to digital literacy

A good chunk of folk in my region that own smartphones have never been 
to a school, nor can they read or write in the technical sense. But they 
all have smartphones, know how to use Facebook, WhatsApp, et al, and 
communicate at speed using voice notes.

I'm not into voice notes, as I type fast or can make a phone call. But 
for many others, especially folk who either are low on income or cannot 
read or write English very well, voice notes make plenty of sense 
because they are part of the messaging app's data bundle, they are easy 
to use, they work, and they are fast.

And no, these users don't care about the infrastructure, until it tells 
them that they are out of data and need to reload.

Mark.