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Email is underrated, probably because it's underused by the younger demographic. Only once you get an office job is someone guaranteed to finally be forced to g
by afterburner 15y ago
Email is underrated, probably because it's underused by the younger demographic. Only once you get an office job is someone guaranteed to finally be forced to get really familiar and comfortable with email, regardless of where their interests lie. Adoption in university depends on ease of use and reliance on email for course work, but texting is more convenient because you're not in front of the same computer all day.
I wonder what the teenager adoption rate is for Google+? I'm guessing lower than the office crowd? What about among university students?
- Wilya 15y agoFwiw, you can't signup for Google+ giving a birthdate that says you're under 18. It might not prevent young teenagers from coming, but it says something of the expected audience, from Google's point of view.
- AzAngel 15y agoG+ has plans to open up to the 13-18 crowd after they feel they have the proper security features in place. https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/?hl=en#!topic/google-plus-discuss/RTh_laUTRFo https://groups.google.com/a/googleproductforums.com/forum/?h...
- Wilya 15y agoOh. Hadn't thought of that. It makes sense.
- bad_user 15y agoWhen I was a teenager I wasn't using email, not because it was hard to use. I wasn't using it because the available clients / providers sucked. I ended up with an email account on @yahoo.com -- but the interface was clumsy and slow, spam was running rampant (still is), storage space was awfully limited and POP3 access was only for paying members. But here comes GMail, with a kick-ass web interface, with more storage than you'll ever need, with free POP3 access and I've been emailing like mad ever since. Email for me is the best form of communication -- mostly because it is asynchronous (I don't have to answer right now); but also because I can choose whatever email provider I want while keeping my address (I own my own domain). Email is so good that every other form of communication directly competes with it (poorly).
- cdcarter 15y agoI'm pretty sure email competency is required at almost every college these days. Certainly at my college, and at those of almost everyone I know, and I am not in a technology related field.
- afterburner 15y agoI'm not talking about competency, I'm talking about bothering to do it given other options.