Money ‘Don’t call me before you text’: The new rules of communicating in the digital era February 22, 2019February 26, 2019Dalvin Brown, USA TODAYComments Off on ‘Don’t call me before you text’: The new rules of communicating in the digital era Emoji replace sentences. Acronyms replace words. And phones aren’t used to make phone calls anymore. In fact, before you call, you might want to text.