PA mails - Does giving up email support open practice ?

PA mails - Does giving up email support open practice ?

I've had so many great conversations via email and it seems such a shame they and all hidden away and lost in my inbox. My email box is also full to capacity. I gets loads of mail I don't want and conversations get lost as emails pile up on emails.

I'm also interested in reasons and motivations the distinct lack of open participation open commenting (I've observed this as a recuring problem throughout the open educational movement?, Its not easy to comment or have open conversations online and its not a natural thing you do in your professional day to day practice, socially maybe on facebook and twitter, but work is all about being closed communication emails and blackboard. Would stopping emailing help encourage open practice?

If open practice and open educational resources and going to become the norm rather than the exception we really need to be seeing open online debate and discussions by the masses rather than the few, open practitioners and resources need feedback, reviews, criticism and encouragement so they know all there hard work and open practice experiments are useful and worthwhile continuing.

I would like to try a small experiment to try and answer the following questions:

What's the difference closed email and open email, and why not open?

Can I reduce my emailing?

Will it improve the experience, emailing communication and open communication?

Does it save time?

Does it support collaboration and participation?

Does it help and support others to communicate openly online, forums and comments etc ?

If you'd like to try this as well I can create you a section on this space, please comment below.