I'm mostly a lurker with a posted bio. I read a lot and subscribe only to
the digest. Email on a phone is atrocious mostly because it is so difficult
to do any text editing. I have gone to great efforts to avoid quoting the
entire digest but to no avail - nowadays on the rare occasion that I post I
copy the subject of the appropriate thread and just compose a new message
to the whole list.

I personally think that the mailing list approach, while obsolete, is
wonderful.

I wonder if what we need isn't a move to another platform but something
else entirely...like maybe a way to integrate the list itself with some
sort of texting-like or long-format twitter technology? Something that
takes the list as it is and presents it in a messenger-like format for
those who have grown used to instant gratification? Think of it as an app
for a mobile device that sends an actual email, and accepts and displays
mail from the list as if it were a text message. No clue how to integrate
photo sharing without a dedicated server.

Essentially ..no new house, just a new hole cut for a shiny new front door?

Only thinking out loud.

Glen in the north