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Update, "Good Manners for Nice People Who Sometimes Say F*ck": Internet manners:
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) November 8, 2021
People'll say they wanna be on email list to be polite or wanna be, then change their mind. I add to msgs: "Tell me if you want to be removed so you won't hate me for adding to yr email snowstorm."








Black voices matter until they disagree with the woke:
https://twitter.com/wrong_speak/status/1457782109569880066
Sixclaws at November 9, 2021 5:48 AM
I've gone to some sites on which they don't give you a choice but to sign up for the email list. Either that, or they hide/disguise the option to reject being on the email list so you end up on it by default. If so, I agree to it, and then unsubscribe with the first email.
Who uses email anymore? My nieces and nephews don't check their email regularly, if they even have email. Normal texting is eschewed by them in favor of Snapchat messaging. They keep the other apps on their phones for parents and older family members who can't figure out TikTok or Snapchat or the 'gram.
Even at work, very few of my coworkers use email regularly. Sharepoint and group directories allow for file sharing. Phones are used sparingly with most ad hoc or impromptu interpersonal communication happening over office IM. Meetings are held virtually using Skype. Part of this may be due to the lockdown-imposed virtual workplace, but this trend will likely carry over into meat space if and when work is ever brought back into an office.
Communication methods have become a quasi-indicator of age. Still have a landline? You're old, probably geriatric. Use Facebook, Twitter, or email? You're old-ish, but not geriatric, yet. Text? You're middle-aged.
Conan the Grammarian at November 9, 2021 6:03 AM
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