--- title: When E-Mail Turns From Delight to Deluge description: When E-Mail Turns From Delight to Deluge --- [< TextUs Home](https://textus.com/) [![TextUs-Web-Logo-Final](https://blog.textus.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logos_and_Branding/TextUs-Web-Logo-Final.png?width=182&name=TextUs-Web-Logo-Final.png "TextUs-Web-Logo-Final")](https://blog.textus.com/) # When E-Mail Turns From Delight to Deluge Posted by [TextUs Team](https://blog.textus.com/author/textus-team) on Feb 12, 2013 5:07:45 AM ![](https://blog.textus.com/hubfs/Logos_and_Branding/TextUs-icon.png) Find me on: [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/TextUsBizApps) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/textus-biz) [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/TextUsBiz) - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) A great NYT article that touches on the the loss in email efficiency. Text messaging can rise to help solve this communication breakdown. by [Jenna Wortham](http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/w/jenna_wortham/index.html) E-mail used to make our day; now it buries us. It may help to rethink the way we use this communication tool. In the not-so-distant past, the chipper AOL sound of “You’ve got mail!” filled me with giddiness and glee. I would eagerly check my in-box, excited to see what message had arrived. Those days are long gone. Now, when I examine my various e-mail accounts, my main emotion is dread. It wasn’t always like this. E-mail was once a great tool for communication, one that was less intrusive than the telephone and faster than the Postal Service. [Full Article](http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/10/technology/when-e-mail-turns-from-delight-to-deluge.html?pagewanted=1) Topics: [Text Messaging](https://blog.textus.com/topic/text-messaging) ![](https://px.ads.linkedin.com/collect/?pid=154729&fmt=gif)