Binary Conversations, Remember Those?
For the most part, everything we discuss these days is all about digital and groups. Facebook, Bebo, Plenty of Fish, conferences, CES, etc are all about groups of people interacting in a communicative way.
We sometimes forget that binary conversation, or a conversation consisting of two people still exists and is thriving in certain situations. In a world of digital, it’s very easy to forget about binary.
When I get in the car in the morning to drive to the train station, I put on 660 WFAN to listen to Carton and Boomer discuss sports. This is a binary conversation where I am listening to them and only them. On the train, I am either reading a magazine or a book, and that’s binary as well.
In a world where it’s very easy to talk with multiple people at any given time, we often use digital to talk binary. Think about the Facebook platform where we can shout to hundreds of friends OR, we can message one person individually to engage in conversation. The digital medium can be one-to-many or one-to-one, and everything in between.
Sometimes we forget about these conversations. Binary still exists.