Agreed. After a few years of using it, I find the idea that Slack et al would reduce communication overload completely ridiculous.
sam lessin 🏴‍☠️
 @lessin
17 Oct 2019
I really don’t understand why people hate on email so much... I feel like it is nearly perfect communication medium for actually getting things done. Asynch, triage-able, seach, forces process discipline, open platform, etc

Oct 18, 2019 · 6:13 AM UTC

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Replying to @stilkov
The main downside of emails is its lack of mainstream E2E encryption.
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That definitely is a downside, agreed. Not sure Slack has any advantages over a company-internal mail server though
Replying to @stilkov
Email is great... I think there are lots of battle scars from Lotus Notes and Outlook in its old days. Today with o365 or gsuite I have no complaints... but notes... oh my... where my blanky? Slack replaced my phone, not my email :)
Replying to @stilkov
Email is great because its easier to ignore people on email. SMS, Whatsapp, Slack etc are great when you actually want to engage on a topic interactively. I just wish that any of them had the 'scoring' mechanism that Emacs had for Usenet.
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Replying to @stilkov
Slack reduced email, but didn't improve flow or structure. What it has done is increase interruptions and the sense of urgency that everyone feels things have.
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