LGBT: When did the Conversation die?

Would that rather be the ability to hold onto one, I'm Xtremely Timid. But I try to get to know people over facebook that I'm friends with, to actually I don't know. I know it's a hard concept to consume but become actual friends and not be some digit on their friend count. But every person I've taken this, well lets call it a dive for since I'm timid. They've all let the conversation die in the first few seconds or so, when did the ability to actually hold a conversation die?