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Some of this problems are (in my opinion) actually advantages. E-mail’s latency makes it so people write longer, thought out messages, instead of spamming very
by dieortin 6y ago
Some of this problems are (in my opinion) actually advantages.
E-mail’s latency makes it so people write longer, thought out messages, instead of spamming very short messages. This makes for a different kind of communication, which is better for many things.
It also removes the expectation to respond really soon, and the sender doesn’t know if you’ve read the message.
- denton-scratch 6y agoIndeed! I for one appreciate this property of email. The recipient doesn't neeed to be at their desk; their equipment doesn't have to be switched on; and they don't have to be awake at the same time as me. I also prefer to type considered, thought-through messages (and I am unhappy that various messaging clients have hijacked email, so that my correspondents reply to me in a format that suggests they mistook my email for a text message). Also, I have no messaging client on my laptop; and my fingers are too blunt to accurately type more than a few characters using the virtual keyboard on my mobile.