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I saw a few minutes of the presentation. The presenter argued that some percentage of world's population does not use email, but everyone has a phone.
by abuehrle 12y ago
I saw a few minutes of the presentation. The presenter argued that some percentage of world's population does not use email, but everyone has a phone.
- jqueryin 12y agoCounter-point: It's hard to track SMS after a few carrier hops, especially in third world countries. There is no guarantee on delivery to recipient unlike email.
- jakozaur 12y agoExactly, some carries drop sms on different occasions and you never know the status. Also I would argue if you target ppl who don't have email you shouldn't require any authenticated accounts.
- iLoch 12y agoReally, they made that argument? So when I'm logging into some website, I'm not going to have access to my email? Bad logic.
- dsl 12y agoI have met many younger people (especially outside the US) that do not have email. They see email as a tool for old people to communicate. A good comparison would be "So when I'm logging into some website, I'm not going to have access to myspace?"
- iLoch 12y agoEhh, I don't think that means email is dying for younger people. I'm 20 and email is essential for a lot of things. Everyone I know (which is a fairly broad scope of people) has email and uses it. Everyone gets email at some point, too - so the only challenge is making younger people realize the ubiquity of email earlier on.
- spb 12y ago> "So when I'm logging into some website, I'm not going to have access to myspace?" Which is even less likely.
- dudus 12y agoUsing that logic the confirmation should be sent by whatsup or as a facebook message instead.