<story><title>Mistaken beliefs about how much to talk in conversations</title><url>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672221104927</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>rootusrootus</author><text>As with everything else, it seems, my anecdotal experience suggests a balance is usually the best overall answer.  People with diarrhea of the mouth aren&amp;#x27;t much fun to talk to, but either are people who won&amp;#x27;t say more than three words at a time.&lt;p&gt;Same with &lt;i&gt;what&lt;/i&gt; you talk about.  People like to talk about themselves, but many of them are interested in hearing about you too.  Just keep it under control, and lob that conversation topic ball back and forth regularly.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mistaken beliefs about how much to talk in conversations</title><url>https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01461672221104927</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>yamrzou</author><text>An overview of the paper by the author: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;theconversation.com&amp;#x2F;people-think-they-should-talk-less-to-be-liked-but-new-research-suggests-you-should-speak-up-in-conversations-with-strangers-188196&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;theconversation.com&amp;#x2F;people-think-they-should-talk-le...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>