Letter-writing: the practice lives on

The next time you are at a dinner party and someone says the internet has killed the post, read them this list (and then remind them that video didn’t kill the radio star, either) Strangers have sent close to one million postcards to the Post Secret art project, contributing to a website that generates more than three million views a month Volunteers in the Snail Mail My Email project have written and decorated more than 29,000 creative letters on behalf of others, posting them around the world Media surveys show that use of all four major social media apps (Facebook, Snapchat, Instagram and Twitter) is in decline across the board, internationally Penpal network Letter Writers Alliance has more than 11,000 paid members, and this is growing every day