Is the email dead?

[anotheoldgit]

http://tinyurl.com/2erp2sl

It is reported that Under 25s abandoning 'cumbersome' mode of communication for social networking sites.

What is cumbersome about the email, in minutes one can send a message and attach documents or photos, and at the press of a button it can be sent thousands of miles away.

Another factor is, are these social networking sites safe, security wise, because I heard yesterday that some are making it easy for house breakers, by sending too much information about where they will be over Christmas.?

[mollykins]

I don't like sending emails. I always miss something out and have to send another one which could get lost amongst their other emails so it doesn't make sense and they forget what the first bit is. At least if I miss something out on a facebook message, you just add the extra comment onto the end of the thread . . . .

[Mick-Talbot]

ring out the old ring in the new

[ummmm]

I email still.

What did you think to Gromits thread AOG?

[sandyRoe]

Dead? I didn't even know it was poorly

[hc4361]

On Facebook you can send private messages to an individual - you don't have to post everything on your wall, so in that sense there is no real security issue in using FB.

Many people use IMS and text socially, but the email is alive and well for more formal communication.

[TTG]

Email is still not there yet. I've sent urgent ones and end up texting the person that I've just sent them an email! The email still needs to be read as there is usually a lot of text or a work related attachment.

[modeller]

I don't use FB but I receive many emails everyday which have been forwarded to me from all over the world . I in turn forward them on if applicable and they are all anonymous unless you wish to identfy yourself. . Can you do that on FB ? I'm interested in FB so could you enlighten me on its pros and cons. ?

[squarebear]

Email is the least secure form of communication. Anyone can make an email appear as though it's from anyone else at all.

[LazyGun]

Is it only me that finds AOGs reference to "The Email" funny? :)
Email isn't dead - its just that social intercourse is branching out with the advent of social networking sites - you know, like The Facebook and The Twitter.
Its true that you have to be careful concerning the level of personal information you elect to share however.

[Kromovaracun]

Sending a message via a social networking site is exactly the same as e-mail. People tend to just send them via networking sites because they tend to be on them fairly often anyway, and you usually have to check profiles to get e-mail addresses. If somebody doesn't have an account, you send an e-mail - it isn't at all in decline.

[boxtops]

We use email all the time at work, and I use it quite a lot at home - I don't do FB.

[Kromovaracun]

Another thing is intranets - my university (and just about every university I'm aware of) has an intranet that you automatically get an e-mail account on. Just like boxtops said on work e-mail, that system's still very much in use for work-related e-mail.

[saxy_jag]

Wasn't long ago that they were bemoaning the passing of the written letter in favour of email. These days even the oldest office dinosaurs use it constantly, although give some of them an attachment to open and they still have to sit down with a cup of tea and an inhaler.

I would rather contact someone by email than a social networking site or a text message because I can say so much more and pretty much attach what I like, size permitting. Social networking sites are just that - social. They're OK for informal contact and possibly those in various arts and media businesses, but I couldn't see, say, a solicitor making business communications this way. Whatever anyone says, there are some messages you just can't get across in two sentences and a few symbols - like the meeting agenda, minutes and three, humungous reports that really do need to be looked at before the meeting.

I'm afraid there are always going to be those for whom explaining themselves properly is just too much like hard work. That's OK. Means there will more jobs around for those who do know how to do it properly.