Social Networking Sites Killing Email - True or False?

@abrakadabra • Oct 26, 2024

Oct 26, 2024

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According to the latest buzz in the tech world news, Emails don't seem to have a great future.
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg raised many eyebrows when he declared the death of emails last month. But it seems the young entrepreneur was right.

Statistics from market researchers comScore have revealed that millions of Britons led by the under-25s are ditching the cumbersome tool for social networking sites.
The three most popular services in the Yahoo! Mail, Gmail and Hotmail have seen a consistent fall in the number of people visiting their sites.

Do you still favor emails? Shoot thy opinion. 😉

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makru921

@makru921-Am65Ah • Dec 26, 2010

For me,
Emails in office - Inevitable
Forward emails - Very rarely, if there is some important message
Personal emails (between friends & family) - Almost none.

Just realised that FB is replacing the tradition of e-mails....
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YOUNGGRASSHOPPER

@younggrasshopper-RPPL3J • Dec 26, 2010

Ya I would have to agree. Emails seem to be more of an impersonal office tool these days.
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Dec 27, 2010

My best estimate is that it will take about 5-8 years for emails to become a thing of past. Social networks offer a centralized place for all your needs - sharing photos, videos, checking out who's doing what and so on. I personally want to experience telepathy in my lifetime 😁 . Holy kaw! I found a new debate topic 😉
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kaizokonpaku

@kaizokonpaku-nbvVO8 • Dec 27, 2010

I think its true but I prefer email when sending and receiving important files.
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Neema Ambhurkar

@neema-SlYG3w • Dec 27, 2010

Although I hate to admit it, but I too think that in a few years emails will be outdated. Social networking sites provide everybody with (almost) everything.

Emails will just be used for official work is what I think.
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Deepika Bansal

@deepika-jf1ysv • Dec 28, 2010

I use emails for official use only, when I have to keep records. Otherwise text messages and SNS solve my purpose...
I think you are right AKD...
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jaywalker

@jaywalker-9tvipt • Dec 28, 2010

neva social networking sites gonna affect email tradition until people are personal with some details abu their life.. 😛
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narayana murthy

@narayana-z4W16q • Dec 28, 2010

i think social networks may increase but that cant disturb email
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shreyasm89

@shreyasm89-jGobVm • Dec 29, 2010

Well to some extent e-mail is cumbersome but for transferring important files it is still used extensively. But for all informal communication the social networking sites more than suffice.
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Gurjeet Singh

@gurjeet-LUX7B1 • Dec 29, 2010

In my opinion trend now towards social networking sites but email has its own importance and we can't neglect it.
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scottaleger

@scottaleger-1KwI5H • Jul 20, 2011

Yes This is true , but it is not properly .................. some works are as where we can use only E-mail
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Jul 21, 2011

To an extent the formal email system is being revamped by the Social Networking messages thing! 😀
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Gurjeet Singh

@gurjeet-LUX7B1 • Mar 19, 2012

I have got to know that Facebook is also providing its email Id: @Facebook.com,
#-Link-Snipped-#,@Praveen-Kumar,@Sada,@The_Big_K, has any one tried this feature?

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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Mar 19, 2012

#-Link-Snipped-# , I login to facebook only when the facebook login on CE does not work. I'm not a fan of Social Networking; sorry. 😀

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Ramani Aswath

@ramani-VR4O43 • Mar 19, 2012

The_Big_K
#-Link-Snipped-# , I login to facebook only when the facebook login on CE does not work. I'm not a fan of Social Networking; sorry. 😀
I never remember my FB password and rarely get on to it. I must confess that I still use hand written snail mail, mostly by courier but occasionally through Indian Posts even.

I do not like FB much. I am sure it is useful or a time waster. I use FB only when I have to. Otherwise I avoid it like I avoid the TV.

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durga ch

@durga-TpX3gO • Mar 19, 2012

bioramani
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I do not like FB much. I am sure it is useful or a time waster. I use FB only when I have to. Otherwise I avoid it like I avoid the TV.
If only I can develop that habit of avoiding TV :-s.
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Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Mar 19, 2012

Social networking kiling just those mail which means for fun and spreading message to bulk between friends.Otherwise mails are still a type of digital signature.
Making sure that what you have communicated must been recieved by recipient.
I subscribed all my bill as ebills.Even some store like Chroma is providing Ebill.
Facbook is just fun thing, go there and have some fun with distance friends.
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scottaleger

@scottaleger-1KwI5H • Mar 19, 2012

Yes I agree Social Networking Sites Killing Email
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Mar 19, 2012

I'm not sure whether Social Networking will eventually kill email; but I'd love to continue to use it for at least 2 decades from now.
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avii

@avii-TGGs8o • Mar 22, 2012

Email FTW !
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greatcoder

@greatcoder-Zo4hpf • Mar 22, 2012

Hello All,

Social Networking Sites cannot replace mails for sure.
1) For most of us Social Networking sites are a place for fun and enjoyment. We go there to see update from from our friends etc.

2) Moreover emails are still an integral part of our life. Any important and formal/informal communication are all done through emails. Emails will always be perceived more seriously rather than facebook messages and orkut scraps. Recent researches have shown a declining trend towards Social Networking sites, People have started getting bored of it and facebook has merely just become a site where same pictures and same jokes are shared by many of our different friends.
Facebook people are OBSESSED with LIKES on their IRRELEVANT Status UPDATES and there is race to get maximum likes on their profile photos, updates and Shared jokes.

3) Mails have their own fun embedded in them. When we write a mail and eagerly wait for someones reply, this is a great feeling of anxiety and eagerness, which social networking sites cannot provide.

Social Networking Sites are good just for fun and It can never ever Replace EMAILS.

Regards
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greatcoder

@greatcoder-Zo4hpf • Mar 22, 2012

greatcoder
Hello All,

Social Networking Sites cannot replace mails for sure.
1) For most of us Social Networking sites are a place for fun and enjoyment. We go there to see update from from our friends etc.

2) Moreover emails are still an integral part of our life. Any important and formal/informal communication are all done through emails. Emails will always be perceived more seriously rather than facebook messages and orkut scraps. Recent researches have shown a declining trend towards Social Networking sites, People have started getting bored of it and facebook has merely just become a site where same pictures and same jokes are shared by many of our different friends.
Facebook people are OBSESSED with LIKES on their IRRELEVANT Status UPDATES and there is race to get maximum likes on their profile photos, updates and Shared jokes.

3) Mails have their own fun embedded in them. When we write a mail and eagerly wait for someones reply, this is a great feeling of anxiety and eagerness, which social networking sites cannot provide.

Social Networking Sites are good just for fun and It can never ever Replace EMAILS.

Regards
Very well said Great Coder!!
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Mar 23, 2012

greatcoder
Very well said Great Coder!!
Self appreciation?
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avii

@avii-TGGs8o • Mar 23, 2012

Isn't that Facebook is all about ?

Just difference is that, we like someone's posts / shares & they do that in return 😁
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Dancer_Engineer

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Apr 3, 2012

greatcoder
2) Moreover emails are still an integral part of our life. Any important and formal/informal communication are all done through emails. Emails will always be perceived more seriously rather than facebook messages and orkut scraps. Recent researches have shown a declining trend towards Social Networking sites, People have started getting bored of it and facebook has merely just become a site where same pictures and same jokes are shared by many of our different friends.
Facebook people are OBSESSED with LIKES on their IRRELEVANT Status UPDATES and there is race to get maximum likes on their profile photos, updates and Shared jokes.
And sometimes your friends ignore you or don't talk to you because you didn't like / comment their status / photos / stupid updates. 😁
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Apr 3, 2012

I believe not much innovation has gone into emails. If I'm not wrong 90% of the email communication is just about updates; can email be looked at from an entirely new point of view? Say, email becomes a message board where the sender and recipient communicate live?
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Dancer_Engineer

@dancer-engineer-EJ8rGI • Apr 3, 2012

The_Big_K
Say, email becomes a message board where the sender and recipient communicate live?
If the sender and recipient communicate live, would it not be like any other chat application?
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Apr 3, 2012

The_Big_K
I believe not much innovation has gone into emails. If I'm not wrong 90% of the email communication is just about updates; can email be looked at from an entirely new point of view? Say, email becomes a message board where the sender and recipient communicate live?
Official mails are emails! 😛
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Pensu

@pensu-8tNeGU • Apr 3, 2012

I guess i am late to jump in. Yesterday my friend asked me for a file and i sent it to him using facebook message. Well, it was first time, but yeah i believe email are going to have problems with social networking sites.
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PraveenKumar Purushothaman

@praveenkumar-66Ze92 • Apr 3, 2012

Pensu
I guess i am late to jump in. Yesterday my friend asked me for a file and i sent it to him using facebook message. Well, it was first time, but yeah i believe email are going to have problems with social networking sites.
Think about corporates sir! No Facebook! No GMail! Only their own crappy mail system! What do you say for this?
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Pensu

@pensu-8tNeGU • Apr 3, 2012

Praveen-Kumar
Think about corporates sir! No Facebook! No GMail! Only their own crappy mail system! What do you say for this?
Hmmm....May be corporates will decide to adopt with new system and will switch to social networks leaving behind their crappy mail system....😉 Anyways, as u might notice start ups now a days also use mail service provided by gmail. Like our CE mail! It will take time, but i guess change will happen. I have worked with some companies and all of them preferred to communicate through Skype. They only used email to inform me when to meet them on Skype...😉
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Apr 3, 2012

I think our 'Conversations' system can easily replace email! You can add recipients, leave a conversation; attach files and so on. What else do you need? 😀
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Apr 3, 2012

I think our 'Conversations' system can easily replace email! You can add recipients, leave a conversation; attach files and so on. What else do you need? 😀
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Anoop Kumar

@anoop-kumar-GDGRCn • Apr 3, 2012

The_Big_K
I think our 'Conversations' system can easily replace email! You can add recipients, leave a conversation; attach files and so on. What else do you need? 😀
Google Wave
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Ankita Katdare

@abrakadabra • Apr 9, 2012

How about this one?

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prashpan

@prashpan-rHfjLj • Apr 12, 2012

It's true. I only use email in office for work now, neither see my friends use as personal emails.
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Kaustubh Katdare

@thebigk • Apr 12, 2012

I think the future belongs to voice communication. No one really likes to type! With mobiles taking over and 4G penetrating slowly; I can already imagine a day in future where people will not send emails. But only voice is not sufficient.

That leads me to Video; maybe the future belongs to video.

Wait!

Why can't we just start reading each other's brain waves?
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