[FoRK] The death of email?

[Ian Andrew Bell]

Top-Posting:  It's not about Access.  It's about Context.

Please Continue.

-Ian.


On 21-Jan-08, at 8:13 PM, Jeff Bone wrote:

>
> On Jan 21, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Lucas Gonze wrote:
>
>> What's profound about the rejection of email and embrace of messaging
>> within closed communities is that it is a rejection of
>> interoperability.  The goals and strategies of the founding  
>> generation
>> of internet creators are not meeting the needs of these users.
>>
>> It's not spam that they object to -- myspace is crawling with it.
>> It's open access.  These users are seeking to be in sealed
>> environments.  The Compuserve model is undead.
>
> Place-ification.  Situatedness.
>
> I'm skeptical, but it's an interesting hypothesis.
>
> jb
>
>
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