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Gmail has ads? Enticing the average HN reader and enticing the average Gmail user are two different problems. And it already has great spam filtering and mini
by glimcat 15y ago
Gmail has ads?
Enticing the average HN reader and enticing the average Gmail user are two different problems.
And it already has great spam filtering and minimally-intrusive ads that people have learned to ignore.
- starter 15y agoI know, you are right. My mission isn't to revolutionize email itself but to revolutionize how people message people online. Not by email. By messaging. Email only sites like Gmail probably won't last in a world where a high percentage of your contacts are on your social network of choice. I want to be that social network and I want to offer a better way for people to message each other.
- glimcat 15y agoCommunication is a deeper problem than email. It's not something you will single-handedly solve, but there is a lot of room to do good work in this area. "I want to be that social network" - if that's your sole strategy, you're screwed. You need to start smaller than that. Build a tool which lets users do more for less effort and it will be easy for them to adopt. Worry about penetration from there.
- starter 15y agoMore for less effort. Got it.