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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. Woul
by 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 agoBy 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.