Online Conversation and Face-to-Face Conversation Are Different Skills
Digital conversation and face-to-face conversation overlap. They are not identical skills.
Text gives time to compose. Video carries voice and facial expression while changing physical presence. Conversation in the same room asks for real-time coordination of speech, gaze, posture, timing, interruption, silence, and immediate repair. Practicing one mode does not automatically practice every demand of another.
That difference is not a diagnosis and does not make one medium superior. Digital communication can maintain relationships across distance, expand access, and give some people more room to express themselves. Meeting in person makes other cues and forms of response available.
The useful question is which capacities each medium exercises and which it leaves less used. Can we tolerate the speed of live conversation? Can we repair a misunderstanding while both people are still in the room? Can we use digital tools well when distance makes them valuable?
Different media train different habits. A communication life can make room for more than one.