[EnKopVand]

I think it has more to do with the way Mastodon decentralised and I imagine the people who figure out to do e-mail as a platform first, will be the next twitter.

The big issue with Mastodon is that your "twitter handle" depends on the server you join, which makes it hard to find you. If it was just your e-mail address, however, then everyone would be able to find you, and keep finding you even if you decided to change servers.

[jeena]

So instead of Mastodons @[e-mail] we would use [e-mail] and that would help how?

[EnKopVand]

You would be able to change servers and keep your username. Mastodon isn't really decentralised, it's just twitter with more twitter companies.

SoMe should be email based, and servers should just be relays. That way you could also create private SoMes for things that you'd do in Facebook group by simply setting up a relay on something cheap.

[zaik]

Ironically, Mastodon addresses work just like email addresses.

[WorldMaker]

Some hosts/domains even mirror Mastodon addresses and email addresses. There is nothing stopping an address from being both, especially if you control your own domain.

[EnKopVand]

until you need a new server.

[zaik]

Just like email.

[EnKopVand]

Your e-mail address isn't tied to a server. It can be, but it doesn't have to be. I've had many e-mail services without changing my e-mail address.

I can use g-suite, fastmail, outlook for business and a range of other things, and the people sending me mails won't notice. I can't swap my Mastodon server.