I've recently decided that I just don't care about e-mail anymore. If somebody really needs to talk to me, they can call me, SMS me, or instant message me. There's nobody in my personal or professional life who does not have access to these three forms of communication.&#60;p&#62;That being said, I'm starting to doubt the usefulness of E-mail itself. I've decided to run an experiment, and am deleting the MX records/disabling inbound mail processing for my primary email domain for a week or two. The only caveat here is that I've found some sites will lock an account, or at least nag you to death if they are unable to email you.&#60;p&#62;I used to be in the camp of "everybody has an email address, it's the perfect UUID". Now I'm not so sure. I'd like to live without email, because some combination of spammers and relatives have long-since made email a miserable experience.&#60;p&#62;What do you think? Email as a username, or not?
Ask HN: Is email address the wrong choice for usernames?