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Thursday, October 15, 2009

10 More Reasons Why Social Media Won't Replace Email

6 Comments

By Yevgeniy (WPN reader) - Fri, 10/30/2009 - 14:23

Lets stick to email first

Lets stick to email first :-)

By Yevgeniy (WPN reader) - Thu, 10/29/2009 - 15:50

Email is better :-)

I just said what i wanted to say. Email is better )

By Oli Gardner (WPN reader) - Tue, 10/20/2009 - 02:49

Other commenters are right that there's no real need to argue for one or the other. But I appreciate the tone of your post because it gets people engaged and thinking about the premise of your article.

Inevitably, social media and email will collide at some point to create something bigger and better that leverages the best of both worlds. Integration of multiple streams of communication has always been the holy grail of application development.

The great thing is that there are thousands of individuals and startups hurriedly coding as I'm typing this response - soon to inject their latest attempt into our workflow.

I'm just glad email can be longer than 140 characters ;)

By Dr. George (WPN reader) - Fri, 10/16/2009 - 14:50

Email and Social Media

I think they should go hand in hand. There is no reason for one to replace the other. They both offer different benefits. Like I could not send out my newsletter in 140 characters.

By Thoughtsdotcom (WPN reader) - Thu, 10/15/2009 - 15:34

Email is not fading away.

Email is not fading away. Number 12 is the biggest reason it will never go away because of business purposes. Some companies have a no social media policies and the ones that do not might see this use of it for the office unprofessional. People need to connect but you need different tools to connect to the right people.

By Nigel (WPN reader) - Fri, 10/16/2009 - 06:04

social media vs email - why?

I'm never sure why there's always an 'all or nothing' argument. People's email habits are changing due to social media - and how people engage with and use email will evolve. Email itself will evolve... this doesn't mean it'll become inconsequential, but you can't ignore the fact people communicate via social networks now and this changes how email is used.