I love the ability to keep a perfect history of my communication, which IM/slack/email gives you, but if you have a complex issue to solve that requires the input of multiple people, face to face conversation can get to the bottom of the issue many times faster than back and forth messing. Not only can you speak quicker than you can type, but you can convey additional information in tone of voice and facial expression.
And I hate to praise AI for anything, but it's not half bad at given you a written summary of what was talked about.
I say all this as someone who really doesn't enjoy talking to people face to face, and would much rather just send messages.
10 years ago I'd say this was a bombshell, and the results of what was released could have unprecedented effects on our election.
But now a days? Meh. I mean, half the people in the country have read 10000 horrific stories about Trump already, and the other half believe there's a group of baby-eating satanists running the world, so I can't imagine either group really bring too surprised at any announced leaks. I dunno, I guess I still hear about these supposed undecided voters, even if I can't comprehend how they still exist. Maybe this will change 12 of their minds, or whatever.