Re:Ask HN: Can’t we define a new e-mail standard with Facebo...
by greenyoda on Saturday May 25, 2013 @04:45PM
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Groups: You can create a "group" with regular e-mail using a mailing list.
Events: Many corporate e-mail systems (e.g., Outlook) already have a meeting invitation function (accept, reject, reschedule, see people's free time slots, etc.).
Pinwalls, photo albums, likes, friends: If I really wanted those integrated into my e-mail workflow, I'd be a Facebook user. Why should they be part of regular e-mail?
Once you've added all those features, don't you really have a Facebook clone rather than an e-mail system?
Events: Many corporate e-mail systems (e.g., Outlook) already have a meeting invitation function (accept, reject, reschedule, see people's free time slots, etc.).
Pinwalls, photo albums, likes, friends: If I really wanted those integrated into my e-mail workflow, I'd be a Facebook user. Why should they be part of regular e-mail?
Once you've added all those features, don't you really have a Facebook clone rather than an e-mail system?