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0. Well, it is being done when possible. But it's not a 100% way of reaching people. 1. State terrorism. People are genuinely afraid to give their email address
by machomaster 5y ago
0. Well, it is being done when possible. But it's not a 100% way of reaching people.
1. State terrorism. People are genuinely afraid to give their email addresses, and for a good reason.
2. Email delivery. Email doesn't work as good as you think. In addition to the typical technical email delivery problems, there are also specific to Russia. Many people are using local Russian email services. But those have shown to be dependent on Kremlin. For example Smart Voting lists had "strange" delivery problems for recipient in the mail.ru service (one of the most popular in Russia).
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y ago0. if you send an email with a command, 99% of mail services will not spam-filter the reply to it 1. Spare emails, like, lots of them 2. Users of mail.ru and such are their own worst enemy, and it's not like getting gmail address is particularly difficult
- Nemerie 5y ago> and it's not like getting gmail address is particularly difficult Last time I checked I couldn't create a new gmail account without a new phone number.
- Andrew_nenakhov 5y agoFor Russians, Gmail accounts aren't filtered on the orders of censorship agencies. It's only national mail services like mail.ru that belong to Putin's oligarchs that do such things