Email is Essentially Dead to Teens Says danah boyd
Email, danah boyd says, is not the place where teens get their emotional needs met. The blog says we are in a state of flux between email and other technologies.
That said, take away their AIM or MySpace or SMS or whatever their
primary form of asynchronous messaging with their friends is and they
will start twitching and moan about how you’ve ruined their life. And
you have. Because you’ve taken away their access to their friends,
their access to the thing that matters most to them. It’s like me
taking away your access to blogs and email and being forced to stay at
the office just because you showed up late for work.
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