[FoRK] The death of email?

[Eugen Leitl]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2008 at 05:14:07PM -0500, Luis Villa wrote:

> (And where in the real world do I put my pants on with a keyboard?)

You have pants on???
 
> College alums is a huge demographic; not just numerically the majority
> of adults, but also arguably about the only one that matters to
> advertiser in the US.

The majority of human primates are not in the US, hydrated aluminum
potassium hydroxide is even less so, and I could frankly care less
about what's advertising supposed to be.
 
> The question, of course, is whether college students who use facebook
> become college alums who use facebook. My hunch is that many will, but

My hunch is facebook will have joined orkut in orkus in another two years.
And that alums nor advertising will have a lot of significance, by 
virtue of too little disposable income (and I very much want to be proven
wrong on that one).

> I agree that it isn't as set in stone as it might be.
> 
> > > solves that problem; email doesn't. The list of such features could be
> >
> > I wonder why one would need email to throw parties. That's just completely
> > mind-boggling.
> 
> Because it is faster to email 20 (or 200) people than to call them?

Whatever happened with inviting people in person? Or putting up piece
of dead tree in the usual strategic locations? Okay, I can imagine
even send people email invitations, but an actualy response? Never.
 
> I don't have time to burn in either SL or WoW. I don't see what that
> demonstrates about FB, though.

Maybe FB is worth less than SL, mid-term. 
 
> You may notice that in life, most people don't choose open-ended
> entertainment. They choose entertainment with a plot provided by
> someone else.

How absolutely dreadful must it be then to have to cater to such people.

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