Email in 2024: Why the Hell Are We Still Using This Dinosaur?

Question

Last week I got so fed up with email, I tried something crazy - ditched it completely for a week.
Here's what happened:

My productivity shot up (like seriously, 34% up)
The constant anxiety? Gone
But damn... lost 2 clients because they couldn't reach me 🤦‍♂️

Got me thinking... what's the deal with email in 2024\25? At this point, it's basically just:

A login button for every freaking website
A dump for newsletters I swear I'll read "later"
The only way to talk to my boss who thinks WhatsApp is for teenagers

Real talk:

How much of your day is actually wasted on this ancient tech?
Why does every "email killer" app end up dead instead?
Let's be honest - if it wasn't for logging into stuff, would you still use email?

Here's a wild thought: If email disappeared tomorrow, what would you actually miss?
Drop your thoughts below 👇 Curious to hear if I'm the only one going crazy over this.

Business Marketing with Nika · Accepted Answer

Hey Nazir, do you mean you took a break from writing emails or reading them?

Maru Rivera · Answer

@evelynrosesinclair I'm with you on this! This is PH, it's full of people who can make this happen.

Please someone reinvent email already!

Elena Kasyan · Answer

Почта убивает, более 100-150 писем и новых тестирований в день, Реально жить времени нет

Natalia Toth · Answer

Emails are still sooo efficient for activating and REactivating your *existing* users, and when you're the one getting an email, they feel much less invasive than messengers. So yes, if email disappeared tomorrow, I would feel handicapped as a marketer and at a loss as a consumer.

Beck Silver · Answer

Seems like a bold move - email is still an essential for most

Iryna · Answer

I could say why the hell mobile notifications still exist in every app if we all just turn them off. Or do we? Or some of them stay on? Which ones? Maybe the one that mean something? Prioritization will save your day and no Im not against emails at all

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hi

✴️Nazir Yusifov✴️ · Answer

@busmark_w_nika  Both reading and writing. But I’m more interested in your personal experience))

Gurkaran Singh · Answer

Seriously, ditching email sounds like a dream - I'd miss all the "urgent" company memos like I'd miss a hangover. Honestly, if "Her Ideal Match" can help men decode dating profiles, why can't we have something to decode our inboxes? Imagine the productivity boost!

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This is so interesting because people are building tools to spend less time in the inbox, but yet the other side is saying "build your email list!"

I personally subscribe to newsletters because of FOMO in hopes of catching a new announcement or important info I may have missed if they had announced it on their socials (yay algorithm).

on the other hand, i also skip a lot of the newsletters that land in my inbox. I have no answer to this madness.

Email in 2024: Why the Hell Are We Still Using This Dinosaur?

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