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Re:The False Promise of Digital Public Squares Was Always a ... by aredox on Monday February 24, 2025 @02:29AM (#43156735)
The reason that twitter became "the place where a nobody could talk to an expert" (at the time it wasn't the place to mob experts) was the utter design failure of email against spam. Nowadays people don't publish their email address publicly and spam filters are likely to silently delete the message you sent.

(Twitter is a failure too, now)

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Re:The False Promise of Digital Public Squares Was Always a ... by TZubiri on Monday February 24, 2025 @05:08PM (#43165509)
The moment it was purchased by an individual, it became a symbol of those who believe single individuals (with money) should hold that kind of power.

I'm seeing a lot of email surviving right now. Especially plain text emails. Refuses to die, one of the most neutral protocols after IP and DNS

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