Email would have been a good choice too, my personal experience of ditching Chat in favor of non-real-time communication has resulted in more thoughtful communi

Email would have been a good choice too, my personal experience of ditching Chat in favor of non-real-time communication has resulted in more thoughtful communication, besides eliminates the need for converting your contacts from their favorite chat app. End-to-End encryption is something which cannot be enforced for all communications(contacts) with email.