![]() They can delve into many things that often fall flat in a texting format: explaining a joke (like in Duncan’s situation), telling a story (a common use), or even just responding to a person’s question in long-form, such as talking about your day. Among the often same-y profiles and messages exchanged on dating apps, voice notes provide what Elle described as “texture” to a conversation, and just a better quality all round. This appeal is what has quickly drawn voice notes into mainstream dating – they have become a more intimate and more detailed way to get to know someone. Like, you can get into, you can cover more ground, go into more detail, and it’s just nice to hear their voice.” “It’s more personal than dribs and drabs Facebook chat and text messaging. “I have a lot of friends in Australia and New Zealand, where I used to live… and we started sending voice notes,” Elle, a 28-year-old journalist based in London tells me. ![]() However, more and more daters are not just receiving and sending random voice notes, but are actually seeing them as a “step” in the dating process: not just a trend among people in comfortable, long-term relationships, but a new stage to reach between texting and the first date. But they’ve managed to be a largely forgotten functionality on Messenger, WhatsApp, and Snapchat. Voice notes have long been a staple in long-distance friendships, providing a way to circumvent the struggle to schedule inconvenient phone calls. That is because the age of voice notes is upon us, becoming a mainstream dating norm and an entirely unavoidable one. But, for many regular daters, this exchange will be one they’ve seen many times before – and for some, a recognisable, tired charade. The thought of recording your own uninterrupted voice and sending it to someone you’re trying to date (for that recording to then be dissected) is understandably something that sounds like far more pressure, anxiety and discomfort than will ever be worth the pay off. This exchange may make some readers want to jump out of their skin.
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