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Comment author: [deleted] 19 August 2012 08:19:53AM 2 points [-]

Partly the fact that speech on the phone is sometimes harder to understand, and partly some kind of aversion to non-trivial conversations with someone I don't have visual contact with, where written text counts as visual. Not sure why that is.

Comment author: pcm 21 August 2012 02:52:09AM 1 point [-]

I have some aversion to phone calls and prefer skype's visual connection. My guess is that's because if I don't have anything to focus my eyes on, I'm more likely to see my body language and notice I'm nervous. And noticing that might make me more nervous.

I'm unsure whether I experience anything similar with email - I think I like email because I can take more time to reply.