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so like an email?

by ashot 18y ago

so like an email?

frisco 18y ago
Yes but easier to control access. You don't usually want to give out your email address as a form of general ID, and there are all kinds of clever email-hiding methods used to keep from being crawled by spammers (i.e., foo at bar dot com or foo at google's email service). And @handle just seems more manageable (and more global) than foo@bar.com
- decadentcactus 18y ago
  More global? I might be misunderstanding you but email is everywhere. It's one of the things that is recognisable by your parents, maybe even grandparents. Wouldn't it be simpler, instead of trying to build out @handle usage, to add more control to emails? Everyone has one, they're much more open since only twitter (I think) has @handle things, and much much much more accessible (and global). Gmail has fantastic filters already, a bit of a pain to set up but they work. Wouldn't an improvement on those be better?
  - frisco 18y ago
    By more global I just meant that @foo would effectively put everyone under the same domain. Email just feels more fragmented. Edit: also email puts restrictions on your identity. You're foo at some domain. @foo lets you pick a unique name that's valid online once you're old enough to pick who you want to be, without the footnote of _domain_ attached. Sort of how we all recognize Paul Graham as "pg", which fits his style.
    - timrod 18y ago
      > Email just feels more fragmented. ...which is good. I want to be able to choose who I trust with my ID-related information.
- jbert 18y ago
  > You don't usually want to give out your email address as a form of general ID, But why is that? Is it because people will abuse it and send you data you don't want (spam)? The same problem applies to twitter ids, except that not many people are spamming yet (I assume). I guess there's also a single-point to detect spammers, which might make detection easier, but I'd be surprised if that was enough to control the problem.
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so like an email?

by ashot 18y ago

so like an email?

Yes but easier to control access. You don't usually want to give out your email address as a form of general ID, and there are all kinds of clever email-hiding methods used to keep from being crawled by spammers (i.e., foo at bar dot com or foo at google's email service). And @handle just seems more manageable (and more global) than foo@bar.com

decadentcactus 18y ago
More global? I might be misunderstanding you but email is everywhere. It's one of the things that is recognisable by your parents, maybe even grandparents. Wouldn't it be simpler, instead of trying to build out @handle usage, to add more control to emails? Everyone has one, they're much more open since only twitter (I think) has @handle things, and much much much more accessible (and global). Gmail has fantastic filters already, a bit of a pain to set up but they work. Wouldn't an improvement on those be better?
- frisco 18y ago
  By more global I just meant that @foo would effectively put everyone under the same domain. Email just feels more fragmented. Edit: also email puts restrictions on your identity. You're foo at some domain. @foo lets you pick a unique name that's valid online once you're old enough to pick who you want to be, without the footnote of _domain_ attached. Sort of how we all recognize Paul Graham as "pg", which fits his style.
  - timrod 18y ago
    > Email just feels more fragmented. ...which is good. I want to be able to choose who I trust with my ID-related information.
jbert 18y ago
> You don't usually want to give out your email address as a form of general ID, But why is that? Is it because people will abuse it and send you data you don't want (spam)? The same problem applies to twitter ids, except that not many people are spamming yet (I assume). I guess there's also a single-point to detect spammers, which might make detection easier, but I'd be surprised if that was enough to control the problem.
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