>>296159647

For those of you looking at this chart, Read it and put it away.

It does accurately describe the rotation of a conversation well, and the specific examples are good, but you should approach it as a framework to identify the proper phase you are in rather than as a cheat sheet.

If the conversation is ongoing, wait for a 5-8 second pause to add your thoughts. If it's stalled, bring up an adjacent topic or wrap up and move to a new one. If it ends with no apparant direction, allow it to end gracefully and join/form new conversations.