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by huffmsa 2638 days ago
A phone conversation is understood to be free flowing. It's easier for us as humans to understand that someone is reasoning out a line of logic in real time over the phone. By contrast, a text is not real time, and should therefore be thought out before sending.
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Fair enough, but that's only a reason to think out those text messages, not to avoid the medium. I occasionally keep drafts on my messaging apps for days, as I mull them over.
And if you think them out, then that's fine. But a lot of people think texts are hyper-casual and don't give them appropriate consideration.
I'd say the same of email - lots of people just reply without really thinking. Especially nowadays that they are integrated into smartphones along with SMS and such.