Email Isn’t the Thing We’re Bad At

Re:Email Isn’t the Thing We’re Bad At by decasteve on Monday April 25, 2016 @09:34PM (#11568793)

The only solution I can see is making sure you have their email addresses and reach out to them with meaningful emails. They all still have email addresses.

One of my favourite things is reconnecting with people after time apart. With tools like Facebook, this rarely happens any more. It feels weird not to see someone for a while, then you reconnect in person and know too much about what's gone on in their lives. It takes the intimacy out of the person-to-person conversation of catching-up.

I'd rather get the yearly email update from old friends, than to track their lives voyeuristically through the web.

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Re:Email Isn’t the Thing We’re Bad At by trentmb on Monday April 25, 2016 @11:25PM (#11569219)

> It takes the intimacy out of the person-to-person conversation of catching-up.

I'm glad I'm not the only one that feels this way.

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Re:Email Isn’t the Thing We’re Bad At by xerophyte12932 on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @04:55AM (#11570330)

I disagree. It gives you stuff to talk about when you meet. Ask details of things you saw in a post or a picture etc etc.

Besides, there are so so so many aspects of people's lives they do NOT post or tweet about. My "reconnect after a long time" chats are usually spent exploring those

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Re:Email Isn’t the Thing We’re Bad At by lucaspiller on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @05:33AM (#11570481)

> I'd rather get the yearly email update from old friends, than to track their lives voyeuristically through the web.

This is a good idea. I should starting writing something like this, as I know my older family members would enjoy it.

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