Email Culture

[sunnyp4rk]

I don't send emails to people, but that's because I'm shy. I'm someone that you kind of have to poke with a stick first, because otherwise I'm not good at reaching out on my own.

[moeghost]

i pretty much only send emails to request to join webrings and such, but i would love to have more actual conversations over email like i did with my best friend on our school email addresses in like 6th grade haha. no one really sends silly personal emails anymore, maybe i should start sending ppl nice emails!!

[candycanearter07]

i agree, but im also afraid it would get lost bc i have so much junk in my inbox...

[koiitan]

I miss causal emailing so much, it was my main form of communication with friends before everyone jumped on messenger.

I could write longer messages and send bigger files and I liked waiting for a reply, it was usually slower than just texting SMS or for example messenger, WhatsApp but it was the whole charm.

[lakes]

i was casually emailing people last year
however i haven't done it in a while because my 2 penpals have been busy & i don't know what to say to someone else
i've mostly been talking to people over instant messengers but more so decentralized protocols (kinda like email), including older ones like irc and xmpp
i'd be kinda lying if i said i didn't miss emailing people tho

[rolypolyphonic]

I really like e-mail, I feel it is more suited to my personality. People used to e-mail me back when I had a blog but since I stopped using social media, people don't really reach out to me anymore (sometimes people e-mail me about it but quickly get bored lol). In theory I could be more proactive and look for people to contact myself but I have yet to meet anybody new similar enough to me to be worth reaching out to yet. 

Either way, it would be nice if e-mail penpalling came back in vogue. Writing 'letters' to each other is just a different experience from real time/instant messaging, in my opinion. I like the expectation of writing longer messages and not necessitating a quick response before the topic goes 'stale'. 

[Daniele63]

Most of my email conversations are requests / people wanting to join my webring, I sometimes email webmasters if there's no guestbook available and I want to tell them something (like cool website) or ask something specific.

But this topic inspired me to enjoy the process of emailing people more.
Feel free to shoot me an email to say hi btw!