Kids Say Email is Dead 444
An anonymous reader writes "'E-mail is, like, soooo dead' is the headline at News.com, where a piece looks at youth attitudes towards communication mediums. A group of teenage internet business entrepreneurs confessed that they really only use email to 'talk to adults'. Primarily, these folks are using social networks to communicate. 'More and more, social networks are playing a bigger role on the cell phone. In the last six to nine months, teens in the United States have taken to text messaging in numbers that rival usage in Europe and Asia. According to market research firm JupiterResearch, 80 percent of teens with cell phones regularly use text messaging. Catherine Cook, the 17-year-old founder and president of MyYearbook.com, was the lone teen entrepreneur who said she still uses e-mail regularly to keep up with camp friends or business relationships. Still, that usage pales in comparison to her habit of text messaging. She said she sends a thousand text messages a month.'"
Re:More useful for "kids" (Score:5, Funny)
Fine, so e-mail is dead (Score:3, Funny)
So what they are saying... (Score:5, Funny)
"Teenage Internet Business Entreprenuers" (Score:5, Funny)
And in a related story, a survey of classically-trained teenaged cellists has determined that young people are listening to less hip-hop and have begun to prefer champagne to beer.
Now, how do I text-message "GET OFF OF MY LAWN" ? Anybody...?
Summary: Email is dead... (Score:5, Funny)
P.S. I wish face-to-face speech would die. I hate my coworkers.
Re:Article is HORSE TURDS. About as bad as DIGG no (Score:5, Funny)
In Korea... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:muggles still use e-mail, mail, phones, etc. (Score:5, Funny)
using000c
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Data error on transmission: "I stopped using it"
Re:So what they are saying... (Score:2, Funny)
Relevance (Score:5, Funny)
"E-mail is, like, soooo dead" (Score:3, Funny)
Re:More useful for "kids" (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Real Reason Kids Use Text Messaging... (Score:5, Funny)
Stop the press (Score:5, Funny)
Re:More useful for "kids" (Score:4, Funny)
Re:So what they are saying... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:So what you're saying is... (Score:2, Funny)
In Korea, Email Is Only For Old People [slashdot.org]
Re:More useful for "kids" (Score:5, Funny)
Please parse for errors.
Re:Kids say the darnest things... (Score:5, Funny)
Kids can't/won't string together solid thoughts
It's true! [ytmnd.com]
You forgot the best part (Score:5, Funny)
plz use cvr sheet 4 tps, also need u @ ofc sat TBG
Re:muggles still use e-mail, mail, phones, etc. (Score:3, Funny)
Now if you kids will excuse grandpa, this ol' fart has got to check his email...
In South Korea (Score:3, Funny)
Re:But there ARE additional benefits! (Score:3, Funny)
I get "I'm cute, please come fuck me tonight" spam all the time on there. I know I'm irresistible and all, but... I think the volume is suspicious.
Re:Not necessarily (Score:2, Funny)