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In theory we’ve had Contacts apps and E-mail lists for decades that people could have used for essentially all of their interactions. And it’s never been easier to use either of those from any device.

Then I think about how poorly integrated those basic things really are. Why can’t my iPhone Contacts app let me create basic groups like “Friends” and “Family” for instance? Why is there no dead-simple event site that uses good-old-mailing lists as the core mechanism for deciding who is going, and communicating?

Sometimes it feels like we came so close with the basics and then just stopped improving them. I think defeating Facebook starts by addressing those core features.