4 Reasons Why Email Is Obsolete, and You Should Move On

4 Reasons Why Email Is Obsolete, and You Should Move On

From Remote Work Tech Brief By HackerNoon by HackerNoon

September 15, 2025 · 6 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the obsolescence of email in favor of instant messaging for internal communication in businesses.

This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/4-reasons-why-email-is-obsolete-and-you-should-move-on-0v1k3tpu . Chances are, your business’ primary mode of internal communication is email. And you’re using instant messaging (IM) apps for virtual meetups and updates from the team, thanks to the coronavirus. Don’t get me wrong, email is great and all for internal communication (if you lived in the 20th century that is). But did you know your email to your teammates gets lost in a sea of unimportant emails? And irrelevant emails account for about 62% of the total emails in an average inbox! Check more stories related to remote-work at: https://hackernoon.com/c/remote-work . You can also check exclusive content about #remote-work , #collaboration , #productivity , #email , #insant-messaging-solutions , #bots , #business-application , #data-security , #web-monetization , and more. This story was written by: @santhoshkumarramesh . Learn more about this writer by checking @santhoshkumarramesh's about page, and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com . 4 Reasons Why Email Is Obsolete, and You Should Move On: Because email, as you know it, has become…

Topics covered

  • email
  • instant messaging
  • remote work
  • communication
  • productivity

Keywords

  • email
  • instant messaging
  • communication
  • remote work
  • productivity
  • business applications
  • data security

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