My name is Andrey and I find face to face communication most effective. When face to face communication is not possible, I prefer voice calls sometimes with screen sharing. I just find chatting wasteful and annoying for reasons which I am not able to articulate. https://www.quora.com/Which-is-more-efficient-texting-or-calling https://courses.lumenlearning.com/wm-businesscommunicationmgrs/chapter/comparing-communication-tools/