Email may become Extinct in a Decade

Emails may see a slow and progressive extinction in the coming 10 years if the words of Professor David Zeitlyn from University of Kent are to be believed. He professes that the increased usage and dependency on the social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter for staying communicated will reduce the Email usage. The increased growth of these networking sites will inhibit the usage of Emails and it might just shrink to some professional domains only.

In the research carried out by Professor Zeitlyn it was found that people in the age group of 15 to 24 years are more avid users of the Instant Messaging and the social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter etc. This is because these sites provide the swift and short means to stay in touch. Also, the infusion of celebrities, politicians and business heads in Twitter has created a large fan following and people are simultaneously being streamlined to that. However, the older generation would find it hard to do away with Emails because they have grown up in the era when Emails were popular means of establishing communication through Internet.

According to Professor Zeitlyn, Emails took almost 20 years to penetrate through the people’s favored means of communication. However, the networking sites and the recent launches of mobile phones with the facility to support them may account for the slow phase out process of Emails in the coming 10 years. However, the complete extinction is rebuffed by some experts who feel that the emails will still be used for transfer of some important files.