Comments on: 5 Reasons Email Will Become Obsolete

By: S'S

S'S — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 09:37:49 +0000

if u ask me ,i tnk it already is …. (use 2 not b;mayb ther all goin 2 d prisoners/convicted felons ,hu i hear all tym getting marriage proposals),but now my inbox is 0 ‘literally’ ;

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Thu, 16 Jul 2009 13:19:10 +0000

[...] your communication methods. Word in the world of online trend-tracking keeps buzzing about the fact that traditional email is fading in importance. Messaging through Web 2.0 technology/social networks is on the rise, and with the launch of [...]

By: John Varlaro

John Varlaro — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:41:24 +0000

Hi George, great article, I disagree though- my response is here
http://johnvarlaro.squarespace.com/blog/2009/6/24/email-not-dead-just-the-new-snail-mail.html

By: gfsnell3

gfsnell3 — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:49:12 +0000

Hi Jeremy:
Registering is hardly a block for the end of email. It is used because it is the standard. SM sites could easily switch to Google profiles or another verification service.

Keep in mind I’m not talking about “now” – but looking forward. Email is today’s standard. I don’t think it will be in 5-10 years.

Hi Andi:
I don’t look at email as correspondence. I see it as data exchange – a valuable tool to send attachments and other files. I do more corresponding through other channels. But we all develop our own customized ways of communicating.

By: Andi Narvaez

Andi Narvaez — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:31:09 +0000

George, I was just able to comment here with my email I know, I know… there is Facebook, Twitter, etc. Connect as well. Just making a similar point as Jeremy up there.

What I love about email is that is it correspondence. Period. Sure, we share things – documents, pictures, videos and more via our social networks, cloud computing (although that’s still just beginning to develop and catch on) – but the essence of email is still correspondence to me. Correspondence that I can (using Gmail) label, archive, put into folders, prioritize.

I do think Google Wave is onto something huge that is along the lines of what you blog about here. But I don’t think we’re there yet, at all.

- Andi

By: pochp

pochp — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:02:33 +0000

gfs- You’re probably right about it becoming obsolete but I hope not.
E-mail is much more controllable than social media- therefore safer.

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:08:22 +0000

Okay, I’m doing all my communication via Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. Without an email address how does one join these sites? Need the verification email, right?

Adapt or die: Why get rid of email instead of adapt? It would take the emu eons to change its genetics but we can change software overnight to adapt if necessary.

We were bombarded with ads on TV so we got TiVo and forward through the ads – adaptation in action.

Social networks will be incredibly valuable but will not kill email.

By: gfsnell3

gfsnell3 — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:42:44 +0000

Hi Tom:
Personal interactions aren’t going anywhere – but using email to directly contact people right now isn’t as effective as using social media channels – such as Facebook and Twitter (if both parties are connected on them). Keep in mind email is actually pretty new – so why would you think it is going to end up being permanent? Look what happened to the fax machine. Hell, look at what’s happening to newspapers!

Hi Mal:
Now that made me laugh!

By: mal

mal — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:39:14 +0000

I read this as the mail carrier left my doorstep. First faxing, then FedEX, then email was going to get rid of “regular” mail and while there is an enormous dent it in, it’s still here. Perhaps email will shrivel faster because of “internet” time, but it’s still so much easier to say, “Hmm, no I didn’t get your email! Could you resend it?” Nothing keeps stuff around longer than the potential for the dog ate my homework explanations.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:14:28 +0000

So with large scale enterprise Marketing and Sales operations, leads are king. Typically retrieving mobile numbers is done through a personal interaction, like a phone call. So is the future of email marketing actually text-marketing? Or social media marketing? Neither really seems like they’d replace email.