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By: rich kirk

rich kirk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:30:47 +0000

I think Google Wave & derivatives/impersonators will replace email gradually due to its superb functionality for project management and through the ways in which it will incorporate elements of IM and social networking through apps etc.

Nothing will kill email, however, we’ll just see the continuing divergence of communications channels, and a waning in the dominance of particular channels. I think we’ve already started to see this.

By: MDiesel

MDiesel — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:59:59 +0000

Email “dead”? Not a chance. They said that about snail mail and as far as I see, snail mail still has its place. Businesses rely heavily on email to email docs, images, invoices, etc. No business is going to transfer their classified document on FB, LinkedIn, etc. And a lot of businesses still prefer face to face communication and phone use.

For personal use, maybe social media will be the primary method of transferring messages but this is a separate world that is very small compared to non-personal use. BTW, email started in the business world decades before it hit the personal world.

By: Tad Chef

Tad Chef — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 12:11:35 +0000

Email is dead already for a few years. Younger people don’t even bother unless they have to, they prefer IM etc.

By: Ben Werdmuller

Ben Werdmuller — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:36:08 +0000

This might very well happen, but the chances of social media looking the same as it does now are nil (whereas email’s been around for decades and isn’t likely to change much).