Apples can be orange in certain breeds or lighting conditions, but that doesn’t make them oranges.
Twitter is not equal to an email list. They share certain aspects but they are significantly dissimilar in UI, approach, social perception (by participants and by others), and publication.
M Twitter has not replaced mailing lists, and mailing lists continue to operate effectively.
Twitter is an electronic billboard that anyone with an app can post content to, and everyone can easily see it and do the same. Mailing lists are a town hall meeting inside a building: you can see them if you like, but participation from bystanders is quite rare and is often frowned upon or openly prohibited by the meeting’s coordinators.
You’re acting like there’s some extremely clear difference, but there isn’t. The only real difference is that email has kind of a bad UX. The comparison is not apples and oranges, it is grapefruit and oranges.
Twitter is not equal to an email list. They share certain aspects but they are significantly dissimilar in UI, approach, social perception (by participants and by others), and publication. M Twitter has not replaced mailing lists, and mailing lists continue to operate effectively.
Twitter is an electronic billboard that anyone with an app can post content to, and everyone can easily see it and do the same. Mailing lists are a town hall meeting inside a building: you can see them if you like, but participation from bystanders is quite rare and is often frowned upon or openly prohibited by the meeting’s coordinators.