- The discussion of the trade-off between voice and text as media is common.
- It is not interesting to simply say “it’s a trade-off” based on conventional assumptions.
- I want to think more about the fact that the assumptions are being questioned and how to break them.
- Examples:
- Challenges of voice based on conventional assumptions:
- With voice, it is difficult to communicate over long distances -> telephone.
- With voice, communication can only be synchronous -> ParallelTalk.
- Challenges of text based on conventional assumptions:
- With text (such as letters or books), synchronous communication is not possible -> internet.
- With text, the Sense of Time Sharing with the other person is weak -> Honk, Scrapbox (you can see the other person’s input in progress).
- With text, it is difficult to understand the other person’s emotions -> emojis, kaomoji, decorations, etc.