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“These things have replaced existing connections” I hear this now and then and it puzzles me. All my personal online and business communication is through emai
by leephillips 4y ago
“These things have replaced existing connections”
I hear this now and then and it puzzles me. All my personal online and business communication is through email, with some friends and groups on WhatsApp and Telegram. People sometimes talk to me on Twitter but, if I want to talk to them, I steer them to email. I seems really risky, as we see in so many incidents reported here, to actually rely on platforms like Twitter for maintaining connections.
- OrangeMonkey 4y agoFor users who are banned from these services, they have to do just what you say. Lets not confuse ourselves though - the vast majority of America does not feel the way you and I do. My kiddos swim team is on facebook, thats how we track and sign up for service, and if we lose our access we are excluded. Asking everyone on the team to move to email is a nonstarter.
- ricardobeat 4y agoAlmost nobody in my circles uses email for personal conversations anymore. People don’t share their email when you meet at a conference. You don’t join the X tech discussion group over email (anymore). This also implies only talking to people you already know, no opportunities to join or start communities. And that’s still besides the point: just imagine that your email account is cancelled tomorrow because they don’t like something you said in a mailing list.
- leephillips 4y agoI don’t doubt what you’re saying about your circles. I live in a different universe. If someone only communicates through Twitter, etc., that’s a useful filter for me. I don’t have a Facebook account. “only talking to people you already know” Far from it. For example, the contact information for an author on a scientific paper often includes an email address.