Vedant Lamba, the founder of Mumbai-based Mainstreet Marketplace, received a voice note from a friend, and instead of replying, he became furious.
Voice notes on WhatsApp have become a widely used feature. Not only is it a faster and easier way to communicate when you do not want to get on a call, but it is also a go-to solution for those who are too lazy to type out long messages. But at times, this feature can be inconvenient for the recipient. They may not be in a position to listen to the message, for instance, if they are out on a busy road or sitting with other people. Recently, an entrepreneur expressed his displeasure towards voice notes, and the internet seems to agree.
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Vedant Lamba, the founder of Mumbai-based Mainstreet Marketplace, received a voice note from a friend, and instead of replying, he became furious. He later asked the friend not to send him voice notes anymore. Vedant attached a screenshot of his conversation with his friend on the app with the caption, “Am I the only one?” on X. The screenshot shows that Vedant Lamba’s friend sent him a two-second-long voice note on Whatsapp Vedant replied that he was at a dinner and said he hates voice notes. He then stated, “Never ever send me a voice note again.”
Surely, Vedant is not the only to hold a grudge against voice notes there were many others who related to him on the internet. A user stated, “Voice notes are horrendous. you’re inconveniencing me, possibly making me physically move myself to a different room, or put in earphones, etc. so I can listen to YOU talk. just text me, is it really that hard.”
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Another individual sarcastically said, “No, I don’t even reply to messages with a voice note. If you are lazy then I am king of laziness.” Interestingly, another person expressed that there is only one exception he would tolerate voice notes, “My 6 YO is the only one who gets to send voice notes. Her privilege would also end once she can read and write easily.”
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A user however stated, “It’s just two seconds man, sunle.”
Among so many people who hated voice notes, a person spoke in their favour. The user said, “WHY. Voicenotes are gorgeous. They’re little parcels of that person in audio. You can hear them from wherever they are, in real-time- they chuckle, sniffle, their voice catch, them laugh instead of “hahaha”. The throatiness if it’s morning, the sleepiness if it’s night. And you can reply in kind. You can play it at 2x speed, or extremely slow. It’s a phone conversation, but broken up. Also, they’ll play softly and just for you if you hold your phone to your ear- this is a feature most phones have!”
