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Sometime in the last ~three years my day went from being half eaten up with email to half eaten up with texting. Easier in some ways, but also annoying, and lacking many of the features that make email manageable. Plus, the lack of unified messaging apps makes keeping up more difficult. Feels like we've moved backwards. Or is this just me?
Also, email didn't go away. 
I still strongly prefer e-mail over other forms of communication, for what it's worth. Agreed that it's superior to texting in most ways.
@ev Also email didn't (usually) make my phone or watch vibrate every time a message comes in. Definitely a downgrade IMHO.
@ev I know I’m the crazy one but I have notifications delived silently for all messages and emails except my spouse and boss. then it’s my choice to pick up my device to review what’s new. Apple devices do display the unread count on the icon.
Second personal rule, after 3 text messages I’m calling the person. Conversations that go on all day back and forth are a huge time sink. Family know that if they need an instant response, they call which is maybe once a month. Slack is different though.
@ev not just you, but not everyone. I regularly get texts from 4 or 5 people but email from 10-20x that. I don't feel compelled to answer either immediately (that's what phones are for).
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Messengers need features like mail clients (auto reply, rules). And we need alternative clients. Luckily in my life is not as abounded yet but it’s clearly going this way.
@ev I honestly wish more people emailed for personal reasons. Now, for the average person, it's texting for personal conversations, social media for micro-blogging, & email is strictly for business.
If your job doesn't require email, and you're not well known on the Internet, it's basically for verifying accounts, resetting passwords, newsletters and ads.
Personally, I really wish we could go back to the email hay-day. Alas, it isn't to be so.
@ev 100%. Everything moving to spurty chat based communication feels like just a constant interruption. The norms around texting also seems to expect more timely responses (within minutes, certainly not hours or days).
@ev i was told by a Gen X person that email is for old people. LOL
@ev not just you. And the challenge is with so many ways someone can send short messages you can easily miss actually useful messages especially if sent via an app you aren’t using as often (and it can be a matter of guessing which app to use to reach someone these days especially if you haven’t talked in person recently) email is great except that if yours is anything like mine the stuff I care about is scattered amongst endless lists I got on and can’t always get off
@ev taking a step back - how many of those messages are unnecessary and could have been replaced by a 60-second call? The nuance of conversation...that's what could be lacking.