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Re: Can getting social make email better?

Deva Hazarika — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:34:28 -0000

Making another Facebook isn't the opportunity. Doing things that leverage all of the information stored within email to figure out how to enable more relevant and powerful interactions - that's a huge opportunity. People already know who they are connected to within their email contacts. Providing profiles for those people is much less interesting than understanding things about the nature of your communications with them. More here: http://www.emaildashboard.c...

Re: Can getting social make email better?

Mathew — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:30:17 -0000

Well, Jake, all I can go by is my 18-year-old daughter and most of her friends -- and a number of twentysomethings I've spoken to as well.

For them, email is a last resort that barely ever gets checked or responded to -- preferred methods of communication start with cellphone, then text message, then IM, then Facebook.

Email is way down at the bottom -- right next to "write a letter" :-)

Re: Can getting social make email better?

Jacob — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:20:16 -0000

Oh, I guess you are right. I just saw this: http://www.slate.com/id/217...

Re: Can getting social make email better?

Jacob — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:14:35 -0000

"My other concern is that for people below the age of 25 or so, email is a virtually non-existent form of communication."

Is that really true? I mean, I know everyone uses facebook/myspace/etc, but I've never had the impression that the youngsters (I'm on the cusp of youngsterhood myself--barely) don't use email.