Fixed it ... The image url appears to have overwritten the actual URL when I posted

https://thehistoryoftheweb.com/postscript/aol-pretends-to-be-the-internet/

Great story!

Love reading all the nostalgia these historical tidbits inevitably bring up

sorry… fucking hell i’m old.

haha, I too suffer from the same affliction. 👴

Added to the op

Mainly when I'm running as it keeps me more mindful of my pace/effort and while commuting to dull the pain.

I wouldn't even waste that much thought about it.

It will (or should) be up to an instance what they wish to federate with.

Has this been your experience?

You should try it some time, just for the learning exercise :)

I won't invalidate the writers experience , I just want to add that that hasn't been my experience with properly configured environments (not saying the writers was improperly configured, it clearly wasn't).

drama

Welcome, friend!

Eventually one will rule them all

ty bro 👍

EDIT: fixed op as well

I like email the way it is and believe it functions as most people desire.

Everything you mention already exists for email (ie discussion groups exist, encryption exists, etc...)

The key thing is that it works now and you can easily host your own mail server to achieve whatever you desire feature wise