Internet Pros Check Email Less Often

from the it'll-be-there-later dept

We've written in the past about how younger internet users are often using other forms of communication (instant messaging, text messaging, social network private messaging, etc.) over email, and now comes a study noting that more experienced internet users tend to check their email less frequently than newer internet users. The folks behind the report suggest that experienced internet users have reached the point at which they don't want email controlling them any more -- but it makes you wonder if the real answer is that many are using other forms of communication instead of email, decreasing the importance of email. By the way, the other finding in the study: email users over the age of 70 think you should reply to emails quickly, rather than letting them linger. So go ahead, email your grandparents right back. We'll wait.

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