I'm 18, and although I rarely use e-mail, I do a lot of messaging over MySpace and Facebook which to be honest, is exactly the same concept as e-mail...so in response to that article, in my opinion, no, e-mail is not just used by old people.
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Is email only for old people?
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I'm 17, 18 in less than a month, and here's what I think:
I use to think that e-mail was only useful for older people, but now I see the advantages of e-mail, since my time is often hard pressed. I no longer have time to spend 5 hours a day online, so when I do go on, checkin' my mail is far less time consuming and is more productive than any sort of instant message client. It allows me to multitask more, and as of late, this is totally necessary since I have to juggle school, a job, volunteering, church, a girlfriend, and family... Yar. Too much to do.
I've lost the urge to use Adium as a time passer. I see enough of my friends, plus, phone calls and texts work just as well, are faster, and can be done on the go.
I use to think that e-mail was only useful for older people, but now I see the advantages of e-mail, since my time is often hard pressed. I no longer have time to spend 5 hours a day online, so when I do go on, checkin' my mail is far less time consuming and is more productive than any sort of instant message client. It allows me to multitask more, and as of late, this is totally necessary since I have to juggle school, a job, volunteering, church, a girlfriend, and family... Yar. Too much to do.
I've lost the urge to use Adium as a time passer. I see enough of my friends, plus, phone calls and texts work just as well, are faster, and can be done on the go.
Maybe I'm old, I'm 30, but my 24 year old husband isn't yet considered old and we email while he's at work all the time. I also communicate with my family in different countries, and thus different time zones, via email.
It's only punkass kids whose mommies and daddies bankroll their silly txt rulz lives that think email is only for old people. LOLz pwned OMGWTFBBQ?!11!onetwofu
oh punkass kids and bluetools
signed,
possibly old and definitely cantankerous
I agree with everything in this post. Darn spoiled children, never having to work for anything, blah blah, youngins, blah blah...well you get the idea.
I'm "young" and I use email quite often. I don't text too much, and don't have a facebook (gasp!
). It's all a matter of trends anyways. Five years from now, texting will be "out" and some other form of overpriced communication will be "in."