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by Minor49er 1925 days ago
Most modern voice applications give a pretty clear visual indicator about who is making noise. I think in your scenario, the person echoing the audio would be quickly identified and told to mute themselves. If they were the only ones playing your audio back after a delay, people would suspect that they are the ones with the connection issue.

However, this was pretty common for a prank, especially 10-15 years ago on services like Ventrilo which resulted in the then-popular Ventrilo Harassment series. Most of the people who got pranked in those didn't get a visual indicator of who was playing sound. The situation you describe can be seen in this video titled "Ventertainment - Nerd Confusion 3: The Ring":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5AkIfgioA4
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GekkePrutser 1925 days ago
I worked at a radio station and would do this sometimes with a tape deck (Revox) that could record and playback at the same time. Was always fun to trip up the presenters, it's almost impossible to talk that way.

I'd never do it on the air by the way, I'd use an aux bus while taking to them over the TalkBack while music was playing.

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jmb12686 1925 days ago
This was a hilarious clip. Brought me back to 15 years ago, messing around with people on Ventrilo while playing World of Warcraft. Many, many lost nights and days playing that addictive game. Comic relief thru Ventrilo harassment was necessary...
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a0-prw 1923 days ago
"I've got baaallls of steel"

https://youtu.be/FvL-WGcoBis

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