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20 Sep 2021, 07:29 AM | #1 |
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Saving the world from email?
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Gen Z could free the world from email By Sophie June Adam Simmons, 24, prefers to communicate using “literally anything but email.” https://www.seattletimes.com/busines...ld-from-email/ "Anything but email"? I'd like to see him restricted to only typing memos on paper at work, and see how he likes that. |
20 Sep 2021, 08:03 AM | #2 |
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If I had a nickel for every "the death of email" story I would be rich! I guess I'm in the minority, but I actually like email and find it very useful. On the other hand, I hate so-called "collaboration" apps that seem to be designed to entrap you like social media does. Sure, I used SMS for short communications with my family and co-workers, but real communication gets done via email. The beauty of email is that you can communicate with almost anyone, anywhere, at any time, using the same systems.
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20 Sep 2021, 08:48 PM | #3 |
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"Gen Z could free the world from email". The author didn't really do a good job of giving a real reason for wanting to "free the world from email"
I found this funny: "But members of Gen Z do seem to agree with their elders on one thing: Email. ", this is one elder who does not agree. The real problem as I see it, many folks these days feel a need to be connected every second of the day. Have to check that email, or Instagram, or twitter or SMS constantly. Not me, not even when I was working. A couple of times a day maybe. At work, never at home. I love email and prefer it. I let my fingers to the talking. On my cell phone it's my finger. While I do have access to some of my email accounts via my cell phone, I have notifications turned off. I only my cell phone to check Junk mail. On occasion I get a SMS notification. I don't check if I an walking, driving, in a store, etc. I was sitting at my local watering hole the other day, my phone beep at me, the guy sitting across the table asked me if I was going to check it. I said maybe later. He said it might be important. I said, it can wait. |
20 Sep 2021, 09:20 PM | #4 | |
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22 Sep 2021, 06:45 PM | #5 | |
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It's quite common to see people texting, using phones will driving with cars, moto's and trikes were I live. Scary at times. Most windows are tinted so you can see inside anyway, but you can tell. Last edited by chrisretusn : 23 Sep 2021 at 07:18 PM. |
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22 Sep 2021, 10:19 PM | #6 |
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It seems that the problems with email that the story discusses are problems of people that don't really know how to use email: they get everything in their inbox, with no filtering except for spam filtering, and they rely on someone else (email provider) to decide how to filter their spam, and then are annoyed that they need to look at a spam folder.
Most of us here are much more sophisticated email users: we know how to use several email with one mailbox, and then we know how to use email filtering to separate the incoming email to separate folders, how to get notified only about a small portion of our incoming email that we consider worth having immediate notification about, and we know how to tweak our spam filtering (and also how to avoid getting it in the first place). I don't see email going anywhere because it's the only major method of communications that is open: anyone can connect to the email network and try to provide better ways to use it. All the other main methods people use to connect online are closed networks: they only allow communications between registered members of a private network, and usually don't allow third parties to provide alternative ways to connect to their networks. |
25 Sep 2021, 03:44 AM | #7 | |
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25 Sep 2021, 07:43 AM | #8 | |
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I haven't tried it yet, but I anticipate 2 issues:
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25 Sep 2021, 07:53 AM | #9 | |
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DC makes its' own folder, so any clutter remains there.
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