According to the kids at Nielsen, email is still the primary activity for people online.  But my question Рhow many emails, or more accurately, how many email addresses do people have?
I have four.  One for personal emails, one as a subscription (spam) address, one as a mailing list address, and one for those big emails that arrive from friends late at night (wink, wink).
Oh, and my “work” email too. ¬†Five email addresses.
It really helps me manage the ridiculous amount of emails I get every day, by getting the person to send the email to filter before I even have to.
My question – are email accounts on the increase? ¬†Or are you accessing information in different ways? ¬†Are RSS feeds (by their nature, subscription, or “pull” technology) leading to lower subscription rates for emails? ¬†Are EDMs suffering? ¬†Are you stockpiling emails, and then opening them in a big “binge” once a week, or month? ¬†Do you use Facebook email instead of standard email? ¬†Do you use YouSendIt.com or filesharing to overcome file size restrictions on emails?
So many questions.  Any answers?  What do you do?
Rantmaster Con,
Email is not my primary online activity.
Granted, my online time includes no commercial or banking activity. I have one email address which I share with only those people necessary and inadvertedly deny myself access to free online offers and activities which require your email (some exceptions).
My primary online activity is scouring the various forums -such as yours- for current affairs, news feeds, variety sites, Youtube, the markets and the free porn sites.
Your loyal audience
Paul Karagiannis