MetaTalk | Comments on 2061 No! This is exactly wrong. The web is not a tool to replace face-to-face communication between people who are in the same room. It's certainly not supposed to facilitate audience members ignoring the person they paid to hear speak so they can send them messages.

The web still doesn't have effective tools for writing, but the reading tools are pretty good, and they should give people enough experience that they'll be good listeners in person.

Why couldn't Dan just raise his hand?