Originally Posted by Dude
For anything outside of that, human conversation is far more effective. In particular, email is a creativity killer, because it inhibits that organic flow that conversations have.
Also, text comments have a way of being interpreted with a lot more negativity, because they lack the vocal and body signals that clue in the audience to intent. This is part of why flaming is so common.

I agree with the above, and would also add that when you are advocating for a student at school, email conversations may be limited due to the school staff being very careful re what they put into writing due to liability concerns.

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