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This is conflating two different communication modes. Chat is quick-turnaround; you send me a message, I respond to it then and there. Email is long-turnaroun
by ubertaco 12y ago
This is conflating two different communication modes.
Chat is quick-turnaround; you send me a message, I respond to it then and there.
Email is long-turnaround; you send me an email, I check my inbox at some point, draft and think over the response, and then send it. This may take several hours or a few days.
Trying to turn email into an instant-communication mode will just remove the sanity of having more time to respond.
- maxmcd 12y agoMax from chat.cc here. Yep, that's the exact issue we're currently thinking through. Our current mentality is that this is an "email app". Email conversations exist as they normally do, but with a voluntary chat layer resting on top of the email thread. If you want realtime, another people want realtime, it's there. If you don't, you get an email summary, and it's just part of your email. Any email replies populate in the chat window, etc.