Funny enough the prior end of this continuum was (free) local phone calls that you could leave open for hours to discuss with your neighbor friends while doing

Funny enough the prior end of this continuum was (free) local phone calls that you could leave open for hours to discuss with your neighbor friends while doing something else. Once you hang up you're off, and it's completely limited session in time and space. I see some companies trying to replicate that with discord rooms, I don't know if it has much success for work organizations.