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Another problem with email is that it's your responsibility to keep your contacts list up-to-date when people change their email address. By comparison Facebook
by m12k 6y ago
Another problem with email is that it's your responsibility to keep your contacts list up-to-date when people change their email address. By comparison Facebook doesn't have that problem - for example organising a high school reunion is much more likely to succeed if you contact people via Facebook than via email. I really hope email (or its successor) can copy more of the benefits that currently draw users into those walled gardens.
- emersion 6y agoFacebook's strategy to achieve this is to disallow people from having two different accounts. Things are different on e.g. Twitter where it's common to have two accounts for different usage (like email). Do you suggest disallowing people from having two different email addresses?
- m12k 6y agoNo, I'm suggesting that once I've authorized someone to be able to contact me, switching to a new email address should not break that.
- heavyset_go 6y ago> By comparison Facebook doesn't have that problem - for example organising a high school reunion is much more likely to succeed if you contact people via Facebook than via email. I see it the opposite way. People regularly drop off of social networks in favor of new ones or none at all. I know people who have had the same email address since the 90's.