[yawz]

Seriously?!? Would you write that letter to dozens of people in 3 different languages? Or should I pick "only one" of my aunts and uncles to share my son's first school day pictures? Or maybe we can create a human chain where one sends the letter and pictures that he/she receives to the next one in line. (hmm... maybe there's a business idea there...)

[Sir_Cmpwn]

You're used to pushing information to them with a firehose. Use a bucket instead. Send letters out infrequently, one per household.

[enjdbsgaga]

This assumes the recipients have consistent addresses, and requires significant additional time and labour. Why would he drop Facebook in favour of snail mail, when e-mails (a more convenient version of the same thing) provided an inadequate solution for him in the past?

You can put just as much time and thought into an email as you can a letter. Technology is not the issue here, merely etiquette.

[Sir_Cmpwn]

I wrote about the difference between snail mail and letters here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15031357