I've been talking to friends every day, for what amounts to decades now, over chat tools that don't show when anyone is typing. In contrast to e.g. the tools at

I've been talking to friends every day, for what amounts to decades now, over chat tools that don't show when anyone is typing. In contrast to e.g. the tools at work that do, I feel like the interactions we have not only don't suffer from not seeing who is typing, but generally feel "easier" to me. There is no "oh I was about to type but now you're typing so I'll stop typing", or "I started typing but on second thought I don't have anything to add right now (or maybe I was interrupted) and now you're waiting for me", or any of that tired stuff.