If the postal service came up with an ICQ / message board; or hell even mastodon servers for Zip codes, they might kill the beast.
I'm sure local postmasters would love to add a "online clerk" or two to their staff, to deal with the server level local dramas. The opportunity to pay for it with "bulk mail" analog advertising is obvious too. All guided by the loving hands of a questionably responsible quasi-governmental bureaucracy led by shady appointees.
If the postal service came up with an ICQ / message board; or hell even mastodon servers for Zip codes, they might kill the beast.
I'm sure local postmasters would love to add a "online clerk" or two to their staff, to deal with the server level local dramas. The opportunity to pay for it with "bulk mail" analog advertising is obvious too. All guided by the loving hands of a questionably responsible quasi-governmental bureaucracy led by shady appointees.