• Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    When email came out the alternative product was the post office or a fax machine. Even though configuring a client was difficult for some, instant digital messaging communication was new. It was a BIG motivator for people to either figure it out, or hire someone like me to figure it out for them.

    People are comparing Mastodon to Twitter, a fairly similar core product. The gap between email and mail was much wider.