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# Why email is so old fashioned ...
- URL: https://katecarruthers.com/why-email-is-so-old-fashioned/
- Published: 2008-02-28T05:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2008-02-28T05:22:00.000Z
- Author: Kate Carruthers
- Tags: ideas, #Migrated-1775015344493, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-04-01 14:49

Here we go at last - it is reported that the younger folks just don't like email ...  
  
According to   
[Michael Fitzpatrick, Guardian](http://www.theage.com.au/news/articles/why-email-is-so-old-fashioned/2008/02/26/1203788345265.html?ref=katecarruthers.com)  
February 28, 2008  
  
"Mobile texting is now outstripping the use of email among the young. Michael Fitzpatrick reports.  
  
The art of correspondence faces another rude shove towards oblivion: even email is under fire for being "too formal".  
  
Outside of work, SMS and instant messaging are fast becoming the writing tools of choice. Indeed, South Korea - that crystal ball of all our digital future - has even seen a report that many teenagers have stopped using email altogether.  
  
'It's for old people,' they say."  
  
  
By Carruthers via [Aide-mémoire](http://carruthk.blogspot.com/?ref=katecarruthers.com)  
  
  
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