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Re: Fw: Re: Fw: Fw: Re: Email

February 9th, 2007

I think email is great. I really do. But, sometimes I see what we, in the work place, are doing to this fine mode of communication. Emails are not for discussions or round table talks. They are meant to exchange data, move files, or send details that are more logically delivered in text.

I feel weird when I see an email subject line that reads, “Re:Fw:Re:Fw” and so on. I know some email clients, such as Gmail, handle this well and group them together. Most do not. But, I laugh when I picture all these people trying to communicate with each other via this crazy email daisy chain–when the result is just some weird version of Pong-via-email. I see your “re:” and I raise you a “fw:.” Today, I saw an email Pong with 13 hits. How on earth is this efficient?

To me, I think we are spoiled by email in the workplace. It is too easy to send an email to a large group than to assemble the people and talk face-to-face. I hate email. I love email. Think this will ever change, or are we all doomed to forever play a reply, forward, delete game with messages. Email anyone? I’ll serve first.

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