1. A device, comprising: a memory that stores executable instructions; a speech capture element configured to capture speech messages; a user interface; and a processor that is coupled to the memory, coupled to the speech capture element, and coupled to the user interface, wherein the processor, responsive to executing the executable instructions, performs operations comprising: detecting, at the user interface, a stimulus associated with a user, and thereby initiating a communication session, wherein the communication session includes exchanging communications between the user and a member communication device of a social network; responsive to the stimulus, accessing a user profile that is associated with the user, where the user profile includes a determination of a pattern of prior speech messages, where the prior speech messages are speech messages of the user and are speech messages captured by the speech capture element; determining, based on prior speech messages that are in accordance with the pattern, a speech capture time period that is based on a time between: an activation of the stimulus, and a period after detecting that the user has stopped speaking; activating, in response to the stimulus, the speech capture element; transmitting a request, and thereby requesting an initiation of the communication session; capturing, using the speech capture element, an input speech message; appending, to the user profile and to a data set comprising elapsed speech times, the speech capture time period; and transmitting, to the member communication device of the social network, a message representative of the input speech message.