feat(web): Wave 4 — prose layouts + /policies on Tailwind typography
diff --git a/content/posts/2026/platforms-come-and-go-email-addresses-are-portable/index.md b/content/posts/2026/platforms-come-and-go-email-addresses-are-portable/index.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..953eb6a --- /dev/null +++ b/content/posts/2026/platforms-come-and-go-email-addresses-are-portable/index.md @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +--- +title: "Platforms come and go. Email addresses are portable." +pubDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z +updatedDate: 2026-04-05T20:05:09.000Z +draft: false +excerpt: "Instagram can delete your account tomorrow. TikTok can get banned. Twitter can change the algorithm and bury your reach. Every platform you build on is rented land, and the landlord … Read more" +categories: + - Dark Culture +tags: + - format-opinion + - marketing + - tech + - tone-confrontational +featured: + src: https://cdn.slist.net/posts/platforms-come-and-go-email-addresses-are-portable/cover.png + alt: "Email symbol floating above crumbling social media - data portability" +legacy_wp_id: 16038 +--- +Instagram can delete your account tomorrow. TikTok can get banned. Twitter can change the algorithm and bury your reach. Every platform you build on is rented land, and the landlord can change the terms at any time without notice. + +Email addresses are portable. They follow the person, not the platform. When Instagram goes down or the algorithm shifts or the next moral panic targets your content, the email list is the only asset that survives intact. + +## The platform dependency trap +Diff truncated (54 lines total). View full commit on GitHub →
