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But...wait. Why is this in any way better than email?

• jharrier 14y ago
  Shorter, easy to remember, identity. No need to build social integration into email because it's already there?
  • cdcarter 14y ago
    Until the names start disappearing? I can remember that my rental guy's name at Bergsten Music is Greg. So I email greg@bergstenmusic.com. Now do I try @greg? or @gregbergsten? @bergstengreg? And how does Greg keep my request for a quote in his commercial monitored account separate from his girlfriend's emails about what she wants to do that night?
• five18pm 14y ago
  This is more broken than email. 1. This solution eliminates the decentralized nature of email. 2. No solution for corporate customers who would want to keep their emails private. 3. How would new contacts form?
  • jharrier 14y ago
    It's a good replacement for personal email. Corporate email would probably need to stay the same.
    • dfc 14y ago
      Probably? You think there is even the slightest chance that fortune 500 companies would consider this? I noticed in your profile that you are a patent lawyer. What do you think would happen if you brought this suggestion up at the next partners meeting? Respectfully, I think you are mistakeningly assuming that your email use case is representative of the rest of the worlds. Are you subscribed to any mailing lists? Do you ever engage in long form conversations with people in another timezone? Any non-corporate collaborative work with friends (software/volunteer activities/fiction/nonfiction writing)?