> Funnily enough, neither are electronic mailing lists. However, email has one property that basically all chat platforms lack: each mail is presented as a sta

> Funnily enough, neither are electronic mailing lists. However, email has one property that basically all chat platforms lack: each mail is presented as a standalone unit of correspondence with its own metadata, from the start. Just like with forum posts, you spend some minutes writing it, then send it off and wait for a reply—not continuously mash the keyboard, sending your thoughts nearly raw one after another. Streams-of-consciousness that are chats, are not suited to be indexed and presented as separate and complete pieces of info, at all.