• lazyslacker@lemmy.world
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    My dentist has started texting about appointment reminders and reschedules. It’s an automated system but also a person can manually jump into the conversation. I love it because it means I don’t have to talk to them on the phone.

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      I give the phone call or text option at my work, and I don’t believe I have a single client who prefers a phone call, which is great because, yeah same

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          If it could be a voice mail message, then it would rather be a voice message (higher quality, more convenient controls). If it’s a short and concise voice message, it would rather be a text message.

          Most people, given the previous analysis, prefer to not leave the voice mail and just text instead.

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            Short/concise voice messages are nice and all until they say some shit like:
            “Hello, can you please call back? Thank you.”

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            well if im available I prefer to talk and the voice mail is if im not. I would far prefer an email over a text message and even over a voice call if the email will be responded to but everyplace likes to use do not reply garbage.

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              E-mail is a much more common vector of scam and phishing attacks. That’s why there’s a high prevalence of do not reply. But most businesses would have a more official and certified webpage to interact with customers.

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                I mean I get plenty of scam text messages but my email has a more robust detection and filtration system. I really do not see text as a win for that scenario.

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      Basically our entire healthcare system has had that for years. We can’t reschedule with SMS though. Sometimes clinics support rescheduling via the national E healthcare service, though.

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        I’m in the uk and rescheduled an appointment at a large hospital via text with an automated system a couple of weeks ago. It was great!