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E-mail Is For Old People
Strolls writes "Although the article itself doesn't seem quite as exciting or newsworthy, this headline from Reuters amused me mightily. Reuters' summary is here and here's the original survey by Pew Internet and American Life Project." From the article: "Internet users from 12 to 17 years old say e-mail is best for talking to parents or institutions, but they are more likely to fire up IM when talking with each other, the nonprofit Pew Internet and American Life Project found. E-mail is still used by 90 percent of online teens. But the survey found greater enthusiasm for instant messaging."
Did you hear that 18 year olds? You're old people now. Grab a prune-juice and check your email.
Starsucks
E-mail Is For Old People
So those VIAGRA spammers knew about this long before this research.
Thanks, here's another bomb: talking enthusiastically preferred to writing letters for conversation among peers located within 10 feet of each other.
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Raise your hand if you remember when the command for Instant Messaging was 'write'.
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Story at 11.
"it generally just feels childish and unprofessional"
I think you nailed why young people like it.
If someone says he and his monkey have nothing to hide, they almost certainly do.
I knew it. Kids these days just wont take the time to type up an email. IM is just not as personal as actually having a letter in your InBox. It's just not the same. IM is going to be the downfall of sociaty.
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