allright, let´s play this game, from your help page:
> An email inbox is unorganized
Mine isn´t. Between folders and labels, my inbox is clean and organised.
> Email chains easily become long and difficult to read, and can splinter off into multiple chains
The multiple threads/chains is a feature. I want to be able to splinter off a discussion. Also, if you frequently have massive email chains, you might want to just call a webex.
> when someone goes on vacation or leaves your team, progress grinds to a halt
That is an organisational problem, not a communications-tool problem.
> your email inbox is just one of many places where your team communicates.
And twist is going to be yet another place to look.
[rehash of email is bad]
> On top of that, Twist gives your team the space to get deep work done by allowing you to snooze all notifications.
So, like slack, snoozed, but looks like email? When I need to put my head down to get stuff done I switch stuff off, which appears to be the easier option.
Email never interrupts me. I have all audible and popup notifications turned off and generally check if I have new email only when it suits me. I make this super fast and simple by checking if my email icon on my phone has a little red number. Takes two seconds. If I have email, I can read them, if I don't, great.
Like you, I use filters and labels to keep my inbox clean. Automated emails and mailing lists get filtered away right away (and I check them manually when I feel like it). My inbox itself then takes a few seconds to clean leaving only stuff I have to act on. I use the Spark mail client which is very similar to google inbox in that I can quickly deal wia h messages or "snooze" those I can't deal with right now.
This way, I have zero unread messages in my inbox most of the time. (And I get OCD when I see other peopl ea phones or screenshots with 30k unread messages... wtf is wrong with people!)
I don't see anything there that cannot be solved by a client.
I only see a proprietary email service here, one that cannot be used with other existing solutions. Why not build this on top of the current email protocols and offer a good client for reading it and an easy way to setup a mailing list (with an easy way to browse the archives)? That way this could be used with other clients and existing mail bots. No need for another integration API or to install another bloated client.
If the user experience is really what sets this apart from mailing lists then you shouldn't have problems monetizing it.
Also the point about
> An email inbox is essentially just another list to manage.
Twist is the same, but everyone already has an email account, why should I add yet another one?
I see what you mean with this. I think NNTP is still a great protocol for discussions, it's just that over the years it got a bad rap for being a warez/porn haven.
The server/client mechanism is robust and scalable. With a good client UI, it could be turned into quite a smart social/work platform.
I've been toying with attempting such a NNTP client, but it's way down on my list of projects.
[rehash of email is bad]
So, like slack, snoozed, but looks like email? When I need to put my head down to get stuff done I switch stuff off, which appears to be the easier option.