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I would love it if Linus took on email, much like he did with source control management and operating systems - built a set of working principles and the commun
by AeroNotix 3y ago
I would love it if Linus took on email, much like he did with source control management and operating systems - built a set of working principles and the community continued that work.
- TylerE 3y agoIf it's anything like git, that might finally kill email for good. (and I'd say a happy GOOD RIDDANCE!)
- zoobab 3y ago"kill email for good" Kill it with fire, a protocol that is easily spyable, not ready for our days of mass surveillance.
- gumby 3y ago> I'd say a happy GOOD RIDDANCE! Why? It's vastly more useful to Discord, Slack, etc and highly amenable to automation in ways they are not -- you can even write your own client!
- insanitybit 3y agoThere's one feature of Discord and Slack that I like - no one can fucking talk to me unless I invite them. I'm so sick of communication systems where random people can contact me. Phones are worse, but email is quite bad. I've just created a new email because the one I've been using for the last 15 years is simply impossible to manage, with the constant, unsolicited spam.
- ajsnigrutin 3y agoSpam filters are great... even if you have none. "sorry, spam filter ate your mail" is an excuse noone really questions.
- gumby 3y agoIt's pretty trivial to set up a list of people allowed into your inbox. Maybe not with one of those consumer products like aol or gmail, but I mean seriously...!
- TylerE 3y agoPeople tend to underestimate the value of a shared source of truth. Email doesn’t have that. You have no way of knowing if your message was even accepted by the remote MTA
- fsflover 3y agoYou can already use Matrix, with all advantages of email plus end-to-end encryption, rooms and more.