I am left wondering whether the author has ever worked in a corporate environment. Social network platforms will not replace email in the workplace. Perhaps at

I am left wondering whether the author has ever worked in a corporate environment. Social network platforms will not replace email in the workplace. Perhaps at some hip boho digital media outfits, but not anywhere else. They are quite different communication mediums with quite different strengths and weaknesses. The strength of email is that it is personal, it is directed, it is private, it is asynchronous. Much of the time you would like your workplace communications to have these characteristics.