200 years is a loooooooong time. Would expect even more bizarre shifts in digital communications, like attached emotional imprints from automatic brain scans or something.
I agree. That's why people--especially young people--generally prefer texting over phone calls: without the spontaneity (synchronicity) required in spoken communication, it is a lot easier to hide everything on your part, from presence or attention to any kind of reaction. It is safer, so to speak; but less satisfying.
I think it's both what I said and what you added; they are not mutually exclusive by any stretch of the imagination. I would also say that chat apps are designed to be addictive, too. An important fact to consider.
>and not have to stop what you're doing.
Which is, in their case, being on their phone all day, ironically enough. Asynchronicity is what I meant by not requiring spontaneity (not being synchronous, in other words).
There, they have an online persona they can hide behind. They don't have to deal with people from their real-life environment. Plus, discord servers center around a common interest for everyone involved.