I had a random thought the other day spurred by an email I had received by a friend of mine with a minor complaint that I don't email my news to said person that often. This got me thinking. So my question is this In the age of social networks, twitter, RSS and blogs, who still uses email as the only method to keep in touch?


Thinking of my online habits, I don't spent that much time in chat services as I used to. My work/life balance thing doesn't allow it. But there is a lot of information about what I think and do online. I use twitter, I write in my blogs, I post photos on my Flickr account and update my status in various social networks. And to make it convenient for people, I use friendfeed.


With so much information about what's going on in my life, taking 5 minutes to email each individual person I know with the same news seems like a waste of time. I always thought of email as impersonal, and I would prefer to write a letter to someone to keep in contact, but is it really necessary for regular news dispersing communications these days?