May as well call this...

I see this differently.  To me, it "crowds" the interaction.  Dialogue becomes less direct.  But, why not?  The same trend is all around us.  "Less is more"?  Those values are becoming more and more a thing of the past.  Call me a conspiracy (?) theorist, but I can't help but wonder if the time will come when discussion forums will be phased out of sites such as this.  Intentional or not, like it or not, it changes things.  Why?

Hey nonoise! UPS just delivered a box! What’s in the box?!    

I dunno........