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Poll: Dialogue

Should I ditch the things like

said ______.

whispered ______.

______ exclaimed.

______ shouted

etc. in dialogue?

Just wondering what the reader preference is. Most novels I read today seem to not have those things, so I was wondering if that was some kind of preference or if I'm just thinking about it too much. I mainly use it to remember and track who says what because when I read something like "The Rising of the Shield Hero," I get lost in their conversations.