E-mail is losing its relevance to teens and adults alike.

We reported on this phenomenon the other day.

Rachel Leibrock, of McClatchy Newspapers, provides some anecdotes, spinning off from the Skype/Harris Interactive survey and another study by Pew Internet & American Life Project.

"I use e-mail really sparingly," Peter Deng, 17, of Sacramento, told her.
She notes: "E-mail, he explains, is reserved for communicating with teachers or -- oh, the irony -- getting MySpace and Facebook notifications."

Jim Schraith, 50, still uses e-mail, but regularly augments it with other platforms.

"I use Skype for business communication (because) it's fairly immediate," he said..
"I'm still getting as much -- or more (e-mail)-- as I did two years ago, but a lot of the quick-communication e-mails have gone away, replaced by Skype or instant messaging."