Comments on: Ten Reasons Social Media Will Not Replace Email http://steve-dale.net/2009/10/20/ten-reasons-social-media-will-not-replace-email/ Perceptions about learning and sharing in a virtual world by Steve Dale Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:01:59 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Steve Dale http://steve-dale.net/2009/10/20/ten-reasons-social-media-will-not-replace-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1232 Steve Dale Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:37:56 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=956#comment-1232 Gary - yea agree. Still not sure about Google Wave. At the moment it does look like yet one more place to visit to keep in touch with the conversations. Gary – yea agree. Still not sure about Google Wave. At the moment it does look like yet one more place to visit to keep in touch with the conversations.

]]> By: Gary Colet http://steve-dale.net/2009/10/20/ten-reasons-social-media-will-not-replace-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1221 Gary Colet Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:36:39 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=956#comment-1221 Google has at least recognised that email has a continuing part to play. Google Wave attempts to merge email with collaboration tools and social media. Where it falls down is that will not be ubiquitous enough to kill email. I find Wave just yet another place I need to go to to stay in touch - unless I get it to send email alerts. Google has at least recognised that email has a continuing part to play. Google Wave attempts to merge email with collaboration tools and social media. Where it falls down is that will not be ubiquitous enough to kill email. I find Wave just yet another place I need to go to to stay in touch – unless I get it to send email alerts.

]]> By: Steve Dale http://steve-dale.net/2009/10/20/ten-reasons-social-media-will-not-replace-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1178 Steve Dale Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:43:49 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=956#comment-1178 Adrian, thanks for the comment. Yes, agree. It's amazing though how much I read about the death of email (Social Media is only the latest in a long list of assassins). In actual fact, my email inbox is if anything much busier because of social networks, since I set various alerts to notify me when a conversation has been updated on a social network. The key thing is to be able to manage information. Email is juts one of many information channels that can take over our lives - if we let it. Adrian, thanks for the comment. Yes, agree. It’s amazing though how much I read about the death of email (Social Media is only the latest in a long list of assassins). In actual fact, my email inbox is if anything much busier because of social networks, since I set various alerts to notify me when a conversation has been updated on a social network. The key thing is to be able to manage information. Email is juts one of many information channels that can take over our lives – if we let it.

]]> By: Adrian Short http://steve-dale.net/2009/10/20/ten-reasons-social-media-will-not-replace-email/comment-page-1/#comment-1174 Adrian Short Wed, 21 Oct 2009 09:52:30 +0000 http://steve-dale.net/?p=956#comment-1174 Email won't replace social networks because those two things are designed for different purposes. Email is designed to convey messages between arbitrary people/mailboxes. Social networks are, as the name implies, ways of managing graphs of relationships for the purpose of ambient awareness. Many enable messaging but that's a fairly peripheral use. But clearly some messaging activity has migrated to social networks. It would be ridiculous to suggest otherwise. Technology is rarely a case of Y kills X, especially in the short term. Email won’t replace social networks because those two things are designed for different purposes.

Email is designed to convey messages between arbitrary people/mailboxes.

Social networks are, as the name implies, ways of managing graphs of relationships for the purpose of ambient awareness. Many enable messaging but that’s a fairly peripheral use.

But clearly some messaging activity has migrated to social networks. It would be ridiculous to suggest otherwise. Technology is rarely a case of Y kills X, especially in the short term.

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