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Posted by: iR MomentuM
I wouldn't think so. There are way too many difference between forum conversations and real life interaction to say that forum activity makes you a better conversationalist. For starters, real life interactions are just as much about body language and non-verbal cues as they are about the words coming out of your mouth. That's why important matters should never be handled via text message -- miscommunication is far too likely to occur.
The only way to become a better conversationalist is to put yourself in situations that require conversing. In the real world, you don't have time to sit in your desk chair and carefully (or perhaps not so carefully) think out your replies. As a personal example, I've edited a few things in this reply -- word choice, sentence structure, etc. In face-to-face conversation, you don't get to do that without the other party noticing.
TL;DR: If you want to have better social skills, spend time being social.Interesting, but I just meant in terms of different things you hear about on forums compared with in real life. On a forum you might hear some topics you never considered before and read viewpoints from people all around the world, as opposed to in real life, where you don't get that with your everyday friends.