If I had the email address of every researcher in my field, I would *never* send...

XorNot · 2026-09-02T20:22:27

I mean we use to have newsgroups which basically implemented this.

Which of course is the point: it is in fact quite similar to a mailing list, just with some extra protocol surounding it to make it manageable.

So the attempted snark about it up thread is stupid.

IAmBroom · 2026-09-03T18:21:04

Still inaccurate.

A paper has a (semi-formal) structure, including TITLE, AUTHORS, and the all-important ABSTRACT.

Email guarantees none of those.