How do you feel about voice chatting?

[ShadowLelouch97]

I love me a good voice chat. Sometimes jokes hit better over voice instead of in chat. Plus, it's fun getting to hear the voices of my friends!

 

[Rosch]

I hate the sound of my own voice and my social anxiety is through the roof when I have to talk through voice chat. I don't even like answering phone calls. I prefer typing as a primary way of virtual conversations.

 

[LambdaDelta]

the first best part about voice chat is the mic mute button

the second best part about voice chat is the chat mute button

the third best part about voice chat is that these can be combined

 

[.: Meri :.]

I don't think I'd be comfortable with voice chatting in most circumstances, and thankfully I've gotten by so far without it ahaha, but I think I'd be okay with it amongst friends! Typing can be easier on me because I feel like I have more time to put my words together, but tone is infamously difficult to convey over text and I do worry about that sometimes, especially when it comes to joking around/banter. It's easy to say something like "shut up" affectionately/playfully and a heck of a lot harder to type it that way, and I try to err on the side of caution rather than risk someone thinking I'm seriously upset.

 

[Aerith]

I admire people who can voice chat with no anxiety. I feel like I stumble over my words, mispronounce things, and it doesn't help that I sound like a child. I've used voice chat for group content in games when it's required, but I never have chatted with anyone with my consoles; although I used to talk on the DS when doing trades for Pokémon Diamond.

Once I'm 100% comfortable with someone, I do enjoy it. Maybe one day I'll expose myself enough times to feel okay doing it whenever.

 

[Hyoon]

i'm ok with voice chatting/voice calls. i typically will only do it with friends or people i know. like on discord i wouldn't just join a voice chat without knowing anyone there or i would join and just text instead of talking. i also think for more important things calling is better as sometimes text doesn't convey ur emotions properly.

 

[skarmoury]

calls are like one of my biggest issues rn. i get so nervous calling people that aren’t my parents or boyfriend, so I tend to shy away from them. even at work i get nervous calling my seniors lmao.
anyway this year i decided to step out of my comfort zone because i’ve always wanted to voice chat a lot more, and i can say im very slowly warming up to it! got a few games of lethal company w close friends which does help me ease into the idea of voice calls. ^^ i have a not-so good english accent though since im filipino, so hopefully online people don’t mind hehe.

 

[lieryl]

i’ve grown to really like vc and calls! i remember back in 2020 i was so nervous every time i hopped into vc, but that’s changed so drastically now ^^ anytime a friend asks to hop on a voice call i will be happily skipping over LOL

 

[Chere.]

I wish I could say I was comfortable with VC but I'm not tbh since I just,, never got into it? I feel like part of that stems greatly from the lack of privacy I had growing up, and even now. Unfortunately my workspace for a majority of my life has been out in the open skfdkg. My childhood/parents house growing up has never been ideal for private workspaces or rooms, so with doing everyone thing out the open, I just never felt comfortable knowing I would be heard. I go back and forth between my parents house and a place I rent closer for college, but this place has the most paper thin walls ever. I can always hear what my roomies are doing, and I think I've only ever gone calls when I absolutely need to (ex: zoom calls for school, my mentorship, etc.).

I'd like to get into VC when I have somewhere private in the future, but for now I'm fine with text only. ^^'

 

[Airysuit]

Its fine, but i prefer typing! I have short attention span, and texts is definitely easier to zone out

 

[nightglow]

I mean I do use discord so actually, I'll need to change my vote. But, that's while gaming.

 

[Flaming_Oceans]

I'm fine with it. I do it with my friends from time to time.

 

[Vhoop]

I love voice chats with friends, it was always awkward with new people but i could probably talk to anyone for a while nowadays

 

[Suguri]

I don't like it. Simple as that.

 

[pancake2]

Really dependent on the specific situation, if it’s with people I know it’s fun cuz it’s like hanging out. I mean really it’s just a different form of phone call, and I enjoy them with family or friends. Sometimes I may just wanna type tho. But in reality I end up feeling awkward trying to do voice chats most of the time cuz I live with family and feels weird talking too loud with everyone home. But the times when it works out I enjoy it. I do not, however, like it if it’s with people I don’t know. If I’m in a discord server for a game or something, even if it’s not a huge server, it just feels weird talking to essentially a bunch of strangers. Depending on how well I get to know people tho it can be fun with people online who I’ve actually become close to

 

[KittenNoir]

I voice chat all the time when I am playing on the PS5 as it much easier to communicate rather then use the controller to text someone.

I do not mind talking in game via voice chat

 

[Kitsuragi]

vastly prefer it over typing but im not the type of person to VC with someone i just met. ill gladly VC with my friends any time, tho, even if it's just to hear them ramble lol. i have a friend who will VC with me while they walk home so it's safer.

 

[Giddy]

So, for the longest time, even as a child, if anyone had any of my voice recorded I always covered my ears because I just hated my voice, and honestly, I am still trying my best to feel better about my voice.
But its hard when its so high pitched. When I speak, it doesn't sound like to myself but hearing myself, omg. I don't like it. I am doing better, I do lil voice messages to my friend and rarely listen to them sometimes. And when me and my friend play as he streams I of course talk and rewatch the video.

Another thing is that I always feel like my voice sounds too much is like my cousin. Which is, I am not saying I don't like her voice, but I don't feel as an individual if I keep thinking we sound alike.

It's a work in progress.

 

[BungoTheElf]

I think it's fun and convenient, but I have to be in the mood for it cuz sometimes I don't like having my headset on or don't want to be overstimulated or distrated if there's a lot of people in a call! While vcing is fun, it isn't able to keep track of what people are saying unless someone is recording (usually not the case) so it might suck if you're trying to look for something someone might have said but can't remember what it was... Usually I'm pretty open to chatting but in some servers everyone likes to mute themselves but hang around in the vc so in those cases I feel a bit awkward to talk outloud if it's just me

 

[moonbyu]

i only vc with my friends and i don't even like doing it because i feel like i have an annoying and loud voice, especially over vc lmao.