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A recent report by Comscore stated that: email usage declined among those aged between 12 and 17 by 59%. (http://bit.ly/eSiT93 http://bit.ly/eSiT93) - perhaps s
by niccolop 16y ago
A recent report by Comscore stated that: email usage declined among those aged between 12 and 17 by 59%. (http://bit.ly/eSiT93 http://bit.ly/eSiT93) - perhaps social media will be the answer?
There is of course a function question here as well, i.e. younger people are simply communicating with each other socially (as you note), and so it makes sense to go via facebook.
I think in the work place, email is still needed, as you say it's the only 'anonymous' method of communication. Unless collaborative tools such as group chat, instant messenger, or others, become so ubiquitous that there is no need to have a simple form of direct communication.
- epynonymous 16y agothanks for adding data points, and one thing i failed to point out is that email is a standard. the standard is what allows different vendors to provide interoperability. so a microsoft exchange server can talk to a mac mail app and mail generated by lotus notes could be stored and processed by gmail. until a standard is created to say what should be included in the "communication tool to supercede email", you're stuck using email and loosely coupled instances of apps x, y, z. it would be pretty hard to get a large company to shift off email, perhaps getting employees onto a social platform in conjunction with email will be a nice transition path. imagine stepping into a new job and on day one getting an email address and a social app ID. i think this could be a big play that could get more and more users off of email, the old way, and onto the new way.