What is your best way of communicating?

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I voted internet because it is by far the easiest and I am much better at it than other forms of communication.

However, when it comes to deep conversations, talking in person or on the phone is far superior, IMO.

I communicate best by internet, and I mostly use forums or instant messaging.

I space out when Im on the phone most the time and dont know when to talk... In person I prefer the most because then you can use facial and hand expressions when explaining something.

I'm not that good at communicating at all. I rarely get to my emails, but if I do communicate, it's usually through the phone.

Internet is my best way of communicating.

I communicate best on the internet, I usually chat with specific people on IRC or on message boards. I don't chat with random people on IRC because most IRC rooms are lacking in intelligent dicussion but I have a bunch of IRC friends I chat with a lot.

Internet.

What are the chances of all of us being able to get together at the same time and place? None?

What about getting everyone together to talk in a conference call, all 11,264 people? None!

The convenience is outstanding on the internet. I've have a lot of pain and a lot of trouble sleeping. Right now my sleep seems to come in the day. Which sucks. So even if someone lived in the same city or area, I'd be sleeping when they were awake, and visa versa.

It might breed bad habits though. Because it IS so convenient. I don't have to get dressed up to go somewhere. I don't have to worry about being on time or being able to find a new place.

And I have one really bad habit, I start a post, wander off around the apartment, come back, and add to it. Making for giant posts. Now when I wander off, I come back delete whatever I started. Even I don't want to read my own posts.

Text-based. Past that, it matters not. Phone SMS message, AIM, e-mail, forum, whatever. As long as it is text-based.

Phone conversations... hate them. Feel awkward. Rarely initiate the phone call, reluctant to answer one. Various reasons for this, that's unimportant.

Face-to-face, again, not preferred. Hate eye-contact. Miss some queues. Over-analyze some others. Don't always know what to say, or when to say it. Not a fan.

Text: Not real-time, even if it is "close" like AIM. Gives me time to process my thoughts and try and come up with the "best" (in my mind) way to respond.

I feel comfortable communicating by AIM or e-mail because doing so will allow me to think for like a good 30 to 60 seconds before saying something.
I barely communicate by phone because I'm not the most talkative person and I'd have less time to think before saying something. It would be rude to leave the person hanging. I mostly use my cellphone for communicating with my family (just for favors and emergency). However, not so many people are online these days so I would AIM anyone who's online.

Internet. I find it easiest to communicate through message boards or email, and less so in chatrooms or IM.

I probably come over best on the Internet but I don't mind speaking either.

tomamil: Did these Portuguese not speak English or something? Tcch, foreigners...

obviously writing things down.

i dont mind talking if it is for a specific purpose, eg. "how much is that cheese".
But i dont like conversations at all really. Maybe one per week, and that usually goes badly.

well i dont like answering phones, i can make calls to buy stuff but would rather use tinternet.

Definitely internet, its the only way I can get my message across without other things getting in the way. Having online conversations doesn't require a lot of the social know-how that face-to-face ones do. Phone is second best since theres no eye contact to worry about.

By Internet, but not IM. Next best is in person with people who know me well. I have a hard time talking with people who don't have email or don't use it often.

Writing is much better for me--- I can plan what i want to say and put my thoughts in order. Speaking in person poses a few problems--- i'll blurt things out and they'll be the wrong things to say, or I get flustered and I can't say anything right at all.

By internet,and writing things out in real life.


-SpaceCase