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There seems to be a growing backlash against email. Anne Zelenka certainly is not a big fan. So while I disagreed with Anne at the time, I’ve been watching for indications that she may have been right - and perhaps she was (and is).

Nick O’Neill from allfacebook writes:

I think that perhaps Facebook will slowly become the place where I do most of my communication with friends and email will be used for my less close contacts. Jeremiah Owyang commented on this today. His younger sister says that she “only uses email to communicate with old people.” Bottom line, Facebook messaging has become a more effective way of communicating with people on a daily basis. Additionally, they have a great way of threading conversations just like Gmail does. Have you had the same experience of using Facebook as an alternative to email messages?

I would have to say that even as a newcomer to Facebook, I have had long rambling conversations that could well have been and email thread. Scary stuff. Between BBS netmail and email I’ve spent untold time in the last fifteen or so years having similar conversations.