FastCompany has a nice article on the state of Email in the hierarchy of social media and why the new upstarts Twitter and Facebook will never unseat the king of digital communication: E-mail.
Email has a purpose and is evolved to fit this purpose well. It’s not going away any time soon, because while it’s not ideal, it’s almost infinitely more convenient than the paper-and-ink communications it replaced. And there’s more:
* You can’t embed a file directly in a Tweet.
* Would you trust Facebook, with its odd history of rights control, with a corporate Excel file?
* Legions of gray-surfers have adopted email as a way to keep in touch–they won’t be switching.
* While email is usually formatted informally, it’s still more formal than social networking norms–important in a business setting.
* Millions of BlackBerry and iPhone users will testify to mobile email’s convenience.
via Why Twitter and Facebook Will Never Kill E-mail | Technomix | Fast Company.
Comments on this entry are closed.