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Re:The Feed Is Dying by dangerlibrary on Sunday May 01, 2016 @11:56PM (#11609122)
Email is an open protocol that many providers have implemented. That's an important distinction.

Try sending a tweet to a Weibo user and see how that works out.

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Re:The Feed Is Dying by k2enemy on Monday May 02, 2016 @10:41AM (#11611725)
A year ago I would have agreed with you, but it is getting to the point where it is very difficult to run your own mail server (I still do).

In the name of fighting spam, Google, Yahoo, AOL, etc. have made it a real chore to get messages delivered to their networks. I still haven't figured out how to get messages delivered to AOL.

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Re:The Feed Is Dying by AndrewKemendo on Monday May 02, 2016 @12:36AM (#11609218)
I would argue that it doesn't matter if the bulk of use is though closed interactions like web mail providers.

Usage defines the capability. Just like anything.

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