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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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. ^^'
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