I think when people write about themselves and their daily lives, they hvae an impression at the back of their mind that they and their daily events are so unique that people would enjoy reading about what happened to them. Blogs probably get shaped into what the person would like others to see him as.
And yeah, they're boring and usually too long to keep me interested..
So another dotcom decides to provide a free email service with
* 1 GB of storage - I've been able to manage my yahoo account with 6 MB, pretty well over the last 5 years. How many personal mails do you think are so important that you'd end up with GBs of them?! (i mean, 'so we're meeting at the fountain at 6', 'check this cool fwd', 'try this puzzle', 'PTA meeting at 4'..??). Corporate email - well the Co. won't recommened using a webmail for Corporate email, and till then the Co's Exchange server and my mail client on my 80GB HDD are fine! Mobility? Do I (anyone) really need all my previous emails in that other city I'm visiting?? A few if I need, I can forward/burn/share on the network.
* Scanning my mails for ads - huh. How many people use webmail for confidential/critical information (apart from Al Qaedians..)? How else were SPAM filters supposed to work all this time, if not scan for content? Unless they start meeting me at the local mall after scanning my mail with the appointment details, I'm ok with dumb targetted ads. Yahoo does use my profile for showing ads from Indian singles and shopping sites.
* More efficient Search - I rarely need to go into the labyrinths of ancient personal mails, so a better search is no big deal.
and of course, I am going to be in the race for getting my_first_name@gmail.com..(JoshuaDFranklin -can u put me as well on your referral list 0:-D) btw my last name is so obscure, there' no one else in the world (apart from my immediate family) with the same surname..so i pretty much get firstnamesurname@anywhere.com!:)
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Those miners probably would've dirtied the keyboards anyways...
I think when people write about themselves and their daily lives, they hvae an impression at the back of their mind that they and their daily events are so unique that people would enjoy reading about what happened to them. Blogs probably get shaped into what the person would like others to see him as.
And yeah, they're boring and usually too long to keep me interested..
So another dotcom decides to provide a free email service with
:)
* 1 GB of storage - I've been able to manage my yahoo account with 6 MB, pretty well over the last 5 years. How many personal mails do you think are so important that you'd end up with GBs of them?! (i mean, 'so we're meeting at the fountain at 6', 'check this cool fwd', 'try this puzzle', 'PTA meeting at 4'..??). Corporate email - well the Co. won't recommened using a webmail for Corporate email, and till then the Co's Exchange server and my mail client on my 80GB HDD are fine! Mobility? Do I (anyone) really need all my previous emails in that other city I'm visiting?? A few if I need, I can forward/burn/share on the network.
* Scanning my mails for ads - huh. How many people use webmail for confidential/critical information (apart from Al Qaedians..)? How else were SPAM filters supposed to work all this time, if not scan for content? Unless they start meeting me at the local mall after scanning my mail with the appointment details, I'm ok with dumb targetted ads. Yahoo does use my profile for showing ads from Indian singles and shopping sites.
* More efficient Search - I rarely need to go into the labyrinths of ancient personal mails, so a better search is no big deal.
and of course, I am going to be in the race for getting my_first_name@gmail.com..(JoshuaDFranklin -can u put me as well on your referral list 0:-D) btw my last name is so obscure, there' no one else in the world (apart from my immediate family) with the same surname..so i pretty much get firstnamesurname@anywhere.com!
I really don't care if they decide to start nuking to try and stop spam
Well, another contender for Top Spot on "Most Responsible Statements of the 21st Century"...