I work at a company with about 25 employees, some of which are remote. All communication happens on Slack, Basecamp and Github. We also have Friday afternoon drinks to catch up in real life. It works well. Can't remember when I last received an internal email.
External communication does still happen over email, that won't change any time soon I think.
Well, basically we don't use email for internal communications. The only emails I send to or receive from coworkers involve some kind of external parties that only work with email.
(Ok, I admit there are a few (very, very few) reports we send by mail to archive them).
Re:Ask HN: What could disrupt email?
by davidivadavid on Sunday February 12, 2017 @12:30PM
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Your coworker must be a masochist, because replacing email by constant meetings doesn't sound like much of a fantasy to me.
1) It would only have a chance of working in a small organization with a single team, or few teams that communicate regularly and effectively.
2) It's one thing to favor other channels of communication, but outright banning of email didn't have a lot of benefits other than forcing people to favor said alternate channels.