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Why not just use e-mail mailing lists instead? You get great apps for all devices (e-mail clients), notifications, encrypted direct messages, ability to send i
by devit 11y ago
Why not just use e-mail mailing lists instead?
You get great apps for all devices (e-mail clients), notifications, encrypted direct messages, ability to send images/binaries/whatever, threaded communication, search, censorship resistance, filters, etc.
- derwiki 11y agoIn 2015, it's trendy to use things that aren't email.
- swozey 11y agoThat hardly started happening just now in 2015. I absolutely loathe using email, but I don't speak for everyone.
- eertami 11y agoI imagine most people use both [a combination of chat and email]. Real time chat channels are much better for fast moving ephemeral discussions and neither would I want that sort of thing in my inbox.
- dragontamer 11y agoEven in the late 90s when we had IRC, ICQ, and AIM for realtime chats.