I think the real reason is lazyness. From my own experience writing short articles on the internet(like this one) I know that I often will leave out the details and write only the essentials for brevity’s sake. It’s much easier to talk than to write and so while talking you can go into much more detail and you also have all the subcommunication channels(gestures, facial expressions, variation in tonality) at your disposal. Plus while writing you have to take care of forming correct sentences, etc… so it’s more effortful.
To contain all the details a text would probably be much longer.
Edit: Also remember that we have native hardware that enables us to speak, writing on the other hand has to be learned and doesn’t come off as easily.
Edit2: Even while writing this short comment I read it at least two times to make sure it’s not too bad, yet I still feel embarrassed because I’m not a good writer, whereas if I could speak the same comment I would long have finished and moved on to something else.
Edit3: Adding this little notes to my comment is also more effort, I have to bring up the page again, find my comment, press the edit button, write, make sure that it is intelligible, and then press the comment button again. Again, talking is much easier. I hope I got the point across. :)
I think the real reason is lazyness. From my own experience writing short articles on the internet(like this one) I know that I often will leave out the details and write only the essentials for brevity’s sake. It’s much easier to talk than to write and so while talking you can go into much more detail and you also have all the subcommunication channels(gestures, facial expressions, variation in tonality) at your disposal. Plus while writing you have to take care of forming correct sentences, etc… so it’s more effortful.
To contain all the details a text would probably be much longer.
Edit: Also remember that we have native hardware that enables us to speak, writing on the other hand has to be learned and doesn’t come off as easily.
Edit2: Even while writing this short comment I read it at least two times to make sure it’s not too bad, yet I still feel embarrassed because I’m not a good writer, whereas if I could speak the same comment I would long have finished and moved on to something else.
Edit3: Adding this little notes to my comment is also more effort, I have to bring up the page again, find my comment, press the edit button, write, make sure that it is intelligible, and then press the comment button again. Again, talking is much easier. I hope I got the point across. :)