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> There is one setting where once a day delivery is beyond acceptable: Any time you would be willing to send a written letter by postal mail. Yep, that is a go
by dmitryminkovsky 5y ago
> There is one setting where once a day delivery is beyond acceptable: Any time you would be willing to send a written letter by postal mail.
Yep, that is a good heuristic!
I think it could be generalized by saying that anything that isn't time-bound or time-sensitive (i.e. making plans) is fine for once-daily delivery. Everything that is time-sensitive or perhaps just quick and low-effort should be kept in the instant realm, because that's why the Internet got so huge in the first place. The only problem was that absolutely everything became instant and no non-instant ways to communicate online were left, thereby making it pretty hard to have correspondence like people used to correspond. Which is the problem Pony tries to address.
- nicoburns 5y agoA fun anecdote: My grandmother says that before telephones, she used to make plans by post! At that time there were 4-5 postal deliveries per day, so she could exchange messages with friends while at work to make arrangements for that evening. Bu I agree that it’s nice to have that separation. I think email used to provide that long-form channel, but it’s too swamped by transactional rubbish these days.
- floatingatoll 5y agoThat is an awesome story.
- yumraj 5y ago> At that time there were 4-5 postal deliveries per day, This was in the US? Urban or Rural area? Very curious since I've only seen once a day deliveries, between 2 countries I've lived in.
- nicoburns 5y agoIn the UK in a decent sized town, but not a city.