OT - Is email dead?

[Doodoobubbachuck]

Could this be the future of the Inbox?

http://blog.hubspot.com:80/blog/tab...-of-Social-Media.aspx/?source=email-magnet-54

 

[Timewarrior2001]

Cant see it, not everyone wants to be part of a social network.
I know of a lot of people who hate things like Facebook.

I can see the surprise too, because they are going to miss a huge area of marketing with this move. I dont think anyone in their right minds would decide email is dead I receive loads each and everyday none of them are spam and most are from mailing lists I joined.

 

[Big Momma Nav]

Interesting, but I doubt it cuz social site emails don't allow emails to be grabbed from their site via external email readers, etc. BR I bet still has their employees keep their corporate emails and internal email accounts.

And companies want emails to be extracted, so they can filtered via contacts, spam, viruses, etc. Also people at their desks can organize emails into folders, search them, print them, etc. Let's not forget many programs are setup to extract data from emails and create reports, email others (eg: customer support emails). Furthermore, let's not forget email alerts on mobile devices or sending out mass emails via outlook or creating internal meetings which office people do all day.

Also, it's easier to tell someone to email me at "blahblah@happybunny.com" then "add me on fb, joe schmoe, then email me".

When facebook allows people to read emails through external readers and download them - perhaps it might make a diff.

n

 

[Timewarrior2001]

Interesting, but I doubt it cuz social site emails don't allow emails to be grabbed from their site via external email readers, etc. BR I bet still has their employees keep their corporate emails and internal email accounts.

And companies want emails to be extracted, so they can filtered via contacts, spam, viruses, etc. Also people at their desks can organize emails into folders, search them, print them, etc. Let's not forget many programs are setup to extract data from emails and create reports, email others (eg: customer support emails). Furthermore, let's not forget email alerts on mobile devices or sending out mass emails via outlook or creating internal meetings which office people do all day.

Also, it's easier to tell someone to email me at "blahblah@happybunny.com" then "add me on fb, joe schmoe, then email me".

When facebook allows people to read emails through external readers and download them - perhaps it might make a diff.

n

well reasoned response, we should have a rep system that would get a positive one.

 

[METAL GOD]

the military will be keeping there inbox on their sites...believe me, they send all military info, necessary forms, and polls, info on military schools, etc. And your command will ask you to check the inbox and reply.