Community Chat

[bonnielu]

Daughters and grandchildren came for my husbands birthday this weekend.  I am pretty good with computers, use them all the time and can usually figure out most problems.  And I thought I WAS UP ON THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY....

But this one stunned me.  

EMAIL IS NOT THEIR METHOD OF CHOICE TO COMMUNICATE, ANYMORE.

I was told to USE TWITTER, OR SNAPCHAT, OR TEXT OR WHATEVER....

Am I so out of touch?  I thought email was the replacement for mailing letters or using the phone to actually call someone.  

However my granddaughter did TEXT my daugher, her mother, who was upstairs  to bring her down a sweater.  

I  must be really getting old. 

[FastDogWalker2]

Yes, as far as I can tell, texting is the current way to communicate especially among the "younger" set.

[gmkb]

My middle age son told me that "no one emails anymore."  I told him that is not true; I email all the time.

[deepwaterdotter]

Well this 'dinosaur' still uses email to communicate.  I don't own a cellphone, nor am I registered on facebook, twitter, or snapchat.  And last year my carrier pigeons flew the coop. 

[lovescats]

I don't think your friends and relatives should expect you to text if you don't do it.   I would just call people.  I don't think people email instead of phone or text because emails just get buried in a bunch of junk.

if your family wants you to use snapchat or twitter I would ask what they prefer and just use one.

[GCR18]

Email is out.  I only use it if the content is large or contacting say a business.

[Buck-i-Nana]

I guess it's personal preferences!

I get frustrated when someone wants to use texting to communicate long or complicated information.  If it takes more than a text or 2 to get the information shared, then I see that as needing a phone call or e-mail.

Same with twitter which has a character limit and snapchat which is for sharing pictures.  I find snapchat to be the most tedious app, at least on my phone. It doesn't want to open half the time.

With your granddaughter texting to her mom upstairs, I guess it saves shouting right?

[Laura14]

I get texting (not in the same room or household-how lazy can you get?) especially if you are away from each other but Twitter and Snapchat to talk to your family members? Unless you are already on there and it's a fun thing for everyone, um, no.  

This is my opinion but I would have my children find their manners and behave with common courtesy especially towards their elders.  How about you actually give your grandparents the gift of your voice and call them?  Used to be a thing back in the day.            

[jaxs mom]

The only person I really email with is my mom. Or my husband if it's something detailed. Otherwise all I use is text for personal digital communication. My kids know I'm much more likely to see a text than an email if it's a time sensitive communication. I don't use social media pages though, I'm not interested in sharing everything I do with the world. 

[Tantallum]

I am 36 and I still like emails. 

I do text a lot.

Never got into the snapchat or tweeting, etc. I usually have too much to say to fit there!