MidnightMan

I have taken your concerns to heart and will integrate guest accommodations into the Matrix server.

One can dream.

you can as bitch about the spam all day long

Recruitment hasn't been what I'd hoped. I already have nearly two years of solo work built up, which means that at this rate it could be up to another decade before it's finished. I don't like stepping on toes, but I do need help.

Ditto, but it is nice to meet you.

As if those things couldn't be done on any other platform.

I'll say it one more time; email is more than adequate. As long as the messages are encrypted going both ways, it doesn't really make a difference.

Fuck. I thought I was paranoid.

If you cannot host a secured and sandboxed Matrix server, I personally do not trust your security hygiene.

At every step of the way, you've managed to speculate and assume that I'm using the worst security practices possible. Stop.

A Matrix server is one of the applications that I'm running, but I don't let any random Joe into my place of work. Manually PGP'ed messages over email is perfectly viable for first contact.

1. If this were an attempt to "collect email addresses", then I would not be asking people to make a new one for the sole purpose of contacting me.

2. The primary email mentioned in the message is with Tutanota, not Yahoo. This aids in my own compartmentalization by not publicizing my primary email, and many websites are averse to allowing signups with privacy-oriented email services such as Tuta or Proton.

3. Encryption is not necessary for public key exchange. I use Kleopatra for PGP key management. One step at a time.

4. It is I, MidnightMan. I will likely be the one emailing you back.

They're the only major email service I know of that permits Tor signup. Email services with exclusive onion access often experience hiccups communicating with clear net services.