"We're Textually Intimate"

   This is where I write a post about technology's influence on relationships that is going to sound like it's coming out of my mother's mouth. And if it were to be said by my mother, all of this would put me in a rage, because neither of my parents understand anything about technology, and they would be the first ones to admit it.
   Here we go. Lately I've been spending some time having an internal debate about the significance of texting and online platforms of communication in relation to meeting new people. I would like to preface everything by saying that when I like someone, I am a psychopath.
   If you message someone everyday (text, Facebook chat, email) and then go a day without, what does that mean? Does it mean anything? Those were the questions that were my appetizers today.
   I then proceed to ask myself, if being textually close and in "touch" frequently is really important. I think I realized that for me, it is less about what is being said in the messages, and more that the messages are being sent at all. Surely receiving a message from someone indicates that the sender is thinking of you. But since communication is so fast and simple, does it really matter? Where is the bar graph that indicates someone's interest level alongside their frequency of messaging? This is the scientific thing that I want, forget Google Glasses!
   I don't know how things were back in the day. In terms of human feelings, very similar, I imagine. When I like someone, I spend about six hours premeditating what to say to them. I can't imagine this was particularly different ever in history. Except that you either had to pick up an actual telephone in your family living room to get in touch. Or hop on a steed, but I don't think I want to go back that far in history.
   Since you can send a message from anywhere, really, does it make a difference to the quality of what you're saying? I know that people are capable of growing more attached, and feeling more intimate if they are in communication over a longer period of time, even if they talk much less face to face. I think that is legitimate. But if you have nothing to say, is it still important to maintain a stable frequency of messaging to show someone that you "care"? And if I'm sending someone a message just before last call, while I'm in the middle of peeing, do I really still "care"?
   I don't feel like its something that there should be a "conversation" about. You have "conversations" about things like being in a monogamous relationship, moving in together, breaking up and (most importantly) whats for dinner. Thats all pretty exhausting, and what with all the text communication, I would rather not riddle my face-to-face conversations with the relatively trivial texting schedule "conversation".
   I suppose that the significance of text communication within human relationships still seems relatively petty, but I know a lot of people and relationships that have been seriously impacted by topics along these lines. Is it just that its too soon for texting/messaging to be regarded as important? Or is it an unimportant thing that doesn't deserve to be thought about as much as I just have (and will continue to for the rest of the week)?