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>>There has always been a fear of face-to-face communication with people outside of your ‘inner circle’. Messaging apps have removed the face-to-face fear people have...

That is simply not true. Messaging apps allow people to hide behind screens, to avoid facing their fears and are killing real communication.

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Very true, when you are sending someone a message you are hiding behind a screen. Instead of an instant, 'the first thing that comes to your head' kind of response, it is edited and refined. It certinly is not the same as face-to-face communication.

While this is true, I feel it is also true that people are scared of face-to-face communication. Hell I couldn't take to a girl face to face until high school and even then I struggled, but truth be told - I could text like a boss.

Whether it hurt real communication or not is a debate, but either way messaging is going to happen.

Sometimes the medium is the message. Giving someone a call when you could send a message can make the difference. Not only by women.

You are totally right, messaging is going to happen. It is even better for me.

Very true! When you think about how email is dying and everyone is messaging, there is a lot of opportunity. For example the conversation I am having here on HN are way more valuable than if all of us were in a room talking. It may be more fun, but we wouldn't be having these types of conversations.

That's easy for you to say from behind a keyboard :)

HN is not a messaging app.

And I have a lot of f2f discussions about this, even if I know that most people feel being offended by my opinion.

I am just a person who loves to communicate. If I write something I acknoledge someone is taking the time to read what I worked on. Not only are they reading it, but they are thinking about it, expressing their opinion, and giving their feedback.

It would be nothing short of a sin to not show my gratitude to everyone who shares their valuable time with me.

I respect your opinion and you have every write to feel the way you do. With that being said, responding is something I want to do.

Right! :)

A face-to-face conversation would be entirly different, but that's the beauty of the internet right?!

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