[andybak]

Follow up question.

I find the problem with messaging services is that there's no central inbox and no decent handling of "unread".

If I get an instant message from someone that I can't (or choose not to) respond to immediately, then the chances are very high that I'll forget to respond.

But with email it stays in my inbox and I can easily set it back to "unread" for extra emphasis.

I find I'm terrible at keeping up with messaging unless it's synchronous chatting. Anything asynchronous goes out the window.

I suppose I just find everything else lacking in features that I've come to depend on in email. I just don't understand how everyone else manages.

[deergomoo]

So I think for me things typically fall into two buckets. Almost all my one-to-one communication is with family members that will just call me if I miss a message they need an answer to.

The rest (and indeed the vast majority) of my communication is via group chats, which I personally find messaging apps to handle much better than email clients. It also doesn’t really matter if you miss something, as there’s generally enough messages going back and forth that you will see something else and then remember to go back and check the thing you missed (if you even need to).

I will concede though, finding a particular instant message is a damned nightmare compared to finding an email.