1. I think there is a shift - whereas formerly you had these conversations more with people you were physically around, but on less occasions, you can have them

1. I think there is a shift - whereas formerly you had these conversations more with people you were physically around, but on less occasions, you can have them now with everybody and anytime. However, there are some prerequisites, imo mainly around communication style, predisposition or culture. I think the essence is that both parties are able to figure things between the lines written and empathise a lot despite the restricted medium. 2. using video chat often helps. once I had a longer video conversation with somebody to get to know each other it is much easier to go ahead thinking about things only in a few chat lines. mostly it helps also to be informal with language and plain with concepts in chats