I started using email in 1990 and over the last 16 years I've progressively received more and more emails while sending less and less. In the last six months though, I've felt a change. The Russian "spam bots" are winning - exponentially so.
I now receive way more spam than real emails and I feel we're heading towards a tipping point - spamassassin does a valiant job of applying a Holtzam-esque shield but the slow, and crafty spam still gets through! I think we're converging on the "Spam Singularity".
The demise of email may not be such a bad thing --- I think there's more that can be done with a controlled hypertext system. A worthwhile message, for example, should always have a "what's next". I wonder what's next for email?
Sticking together the ideas behind "The Goo"
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