Is email the ultimate social environment?

Agreed. SPAM, phisihing scams, 419 etc is the Achilles heel of email. I often watch/ask how my 12 and 9 year old cousins use Internet... neither of them use or like email. They all use either IM or msg through sites.

Email will never go away but its use will be reduced as the new generation grows up.

Re: Is email the ultimate social environment?

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Post by pstuart » Thu, Sep 20, 2007, 10:04 PM UTC

steve wrote: post #3

Depends. Does it serve alcohol?

More importantly: will it get you laid?

Re: Is email the ultimate social environment?

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Post by mdemare » Thu, Sep 20, 2007, 10:21 PM UTC

nickb wrote: post #7

far33d wrote: post #4

Maybe, second to the phone (less spam)

Agreed. SPAM, phisihing scams, 419 etc is the Achilles heel of email. I often watch/ask how my 12 and 9 year old cousins use Internet... neither of them use or like email. They all use either IM or msg through sites. Email will never go away but its use will be reduced as the new generation grows up.

Maybe, but perhaps your cousins will start using email more as their social circle expands.

Re: Is email the ultimate social environment?

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Post by rms » Thu, Sep 20, 2007, 10:24 PM UTC

mdemare wrote: post #9

nickb wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. SPAM, phisihing scams, 419 etc is the Achilles heel of email. I often watch/ask how my 12 and 9 year old cousins use Internet... neither of them use or like email. They all use either IM or msg through sites. Email will never go away but its use will be reduced as the new generation grows up.

Maybe, but perhaps your cousins will start using email more as their social circle expands.

or facebook