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Threadable (YC W14) makes mailing lists more awesome, less noisy

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Re: Threadable (YC W14) makes mailing lists more awesome, less noisy

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What I like about Threadable is that it's both obvious and contrarian. Startup people usually turn their noses up at mere email. Not sexy enough. Except, everyone relies on email, and everyone hates their tools for managing it.

As I pithily mentioned on Twitter, Email is the once and future king.

Re: Threadable (YC W14) makes mailing lists more awesome, less noisy

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post #44

Does this work with custom domains, or are all the lists @treadable.com?

You can set up custom email aliases per group, but we've only just started building it out. More fully fleshed out custom domain support is on the way.

That's awesome. Thanks for the reply, I'll check it out.

Re: Threadable (YC W14) makes mailing lists more awesome, less noisy

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the plan for a business model?

Our current thought is to charge for business features. A Threadable list is a pretty open place by default. Lists are all members-only, but once you've been added you have a lot of control. Private (within the team) subgroups are a feature we'll likely charge for, along with Google Apps integration. We've also seen a lot of interest in a product that can be installed behind a firewall, but that's a little further of…

That's really well-thought-out; are you guys hiring?

Re: Threadable (YC W14) makes mailing lists more awesome, less noisy

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Great to see there is demand to improve mailing lists.

Though IIUC Threadable latches onto Google Groups? That sucks. How about a clean break guys?

I'm working with the opensource http://github.com/kaihendry/imap2json & mlmmj, and I'm pretty happy.

And I have my data too, to boot.

Re: Threadable (YC W14) makes mailing lists more awesome, less noisy

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Our current thought is to charge for business features. A Threadable list is a pretty open place by default. Lists are all members-only, but once you've been added you have a lot of control. Private (within the team) subgroups are a feature we'll likely charge for, along with Google Apps integration. We've also seen a lot of interest in a product that can be installed behind a firewall, but that's a little further of…

That's really well-thought-out; are you guys hiring?

Not just yet, but pretty soon! Shoot me an email, address is in my profile. ;)

Re: Threadable (YC W14) makes mailing lists more awesome, less noisy

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post #46

Is the Help/Feedback button not supposed to do anything in Firefox?

Its a uservoice widget, which has a habit of getting blocked by some privacy-focused extensions. You can also email support@threadable, or you can reach out to me directly if you'd like. My email's in my profile.
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