Email Will Never Die - The Man Who Invented It Reveals Why
So why would anyone continue to use email in the age of social media?
Because none of them really fill the space that email serves, which is you have a specific audience,” answers Ray Tomlinson, a principal engineer at BBN Technologies and the so-called “father of email."

“A lot [of the alternatives] are like a billboard, with limited utility - you put these things on the billboard, and if they choose to they [your audience] can look and see it.”

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