Don't forget, for much of history, writing was about producing a permanent record for the benefit of an audience that most likely would never have any opportunity for conversation with the author. This changed, gradually at first, and then quite rapidly, to the point where these days, lots of writing is done for the purpose of sparking conversations between people who'd actually rather have a synchronous conversation, usually by voice or video chat, or even in-person.
I don't consider it necessarily bad; however, I definitely think that "writing" is too general a term and the similarities between the different kinds are deceptive.
Don't forget, for much of history, writing was about producing a permanent record for the benefit of an audience that most likely would never have any opportunity for conversation with the author. This changed, gradually at first, and then quite rapidly, to the point where these days, lots of writing is done for the purpose of sparking conversations between people who'd actually rather have a synchronous conversation, usually by voice or video chat, or even in-person.
I don't consider it necessarily bad; however, I definitely think that "writing" is too general a term and the similarities between the different kinds are deceptive.