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Is Email 'Bankrupt'?

Posted by Zonk on from the knew-i-shouldn't-have-bought-all-that-stock dept.

Gary W. Longsine writes "The Washington Post writes about a Venture Capitalist and blogger, Fred Wilson, who recently declared 'e-mail bankruptcy', wiping out his inbox and starting over because he couldn't keep up. Spam is cited as one reason. There have been several public incidents, some cited in the article, where the flow of email is just too much to keep up. 'If there is a downside to completely turning a back on e-mail, it's not one many former users notice. Stanford computer science professor Donald E. Knuth started using e-mail in 1975 and stopped using it 15 years later. Knuth said he prefers to concentrate on writing books rather than be distracted by the steady stream of communication.' Is email just too hectic a communication form for some people? Is email dead?"

7 of 387 comments (clear)

  1. I don't know... by Chris+Chiasson · · Score: 5, Funny

    but when I figure it out, I'll shoot you an email.

  2. Re:Its morally bankrupt. by eviloverlordx · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, sexually bankrupt actually.


    So that's why I keep getting all of those Viagra and Cialis spams.
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    'Loose' is when your pants are three sizes too big. 'Lose' is when you misuse 'loose'.
  3. I'm going to hire someone to read my e-mail... by Cr0w+T.+Trollbot · · Score: 5, Funny
    ...just as soon as I get that $7 million I have coming to me from a Nigerian Prince.

    Crow T. Trollbot

  4. Re:Of course! by ender- · · Score: 4, Funny

    Judging by the millions of people who use email every second, I think it's safe to place bets on email being dead. Yup. Nobody goes there anymore. It's too crowded. :)
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    Nothing to see here
  5. Confirmation from.. by the.Ceph · · Score: 4, Funny

    Email might be dead, but I'm going to keep using it until Netcraft confirms it.

  6. Re:People are too easy to distract by robably · · Score: 5, Funny

    Ah, the evil approach to managing your email. I imagine you glower contemptuously at people who ask you stupid questions, too.

  7. Re:Obligatory... by hotdiggitydawg · · Score: 5, Funny

    Email is dead, Netcraft confirms it. As dead as the late Prince Namuga Abacha, may God rest his soul, whose inheritance I will soon be acting as an intermediary on as soon as the legals have been cleared, which seem to be costing a bit of money. Now where did I put my checkbook?