Resorting to texting about topics that require constant emotional feedback is pure barbarity. It strips two people of their fundamental right to fully express their feelings and emotional states that are directly associated with a particular phrase or a message. Those assistive communication cues provide rich context to the conversation, and without them, the messages are interpreted poorly and sometimes entirely differently than what they meant to convey.
For some reason, many users do not see or recognize the importance of such vital contexts and never offer to step up their game and meet in person to clarify the matter and talk over it candidly and attentively. As a result, friendships or romantic connections that would otherwise have high potential never develop further and end abruptly, without the chance for rehabilitation.
It feels like adults in their conscious years of existence may benefit from a 101 Digital Communication workshop where some fundamental elements of human interaction are articulated in plain English, repetitively and methodically. Maybe then, a lot of relationships that have been reduced to mediocre text interactions could be revitalized and given a fresh breeze of life.
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