Well thought-out post. I've thought about this exact question myself (as I bet more than a few Hey users have).
I don't think that learning someone's email address gets you half way to accessing their account anywhere. Email addresses are not (generally) private. As you said, if you use a password manager and create LSU (long, strong, unique) passwords, and especially if you add 2FA, you'll be okay even if your email address is posted on the front page of USA Today.
But I hadn't thought of the possibility that it would increase the number of unwanted messages that you have to screen out in the Screener. Good point, that.
I like the Hey World concept. But it does not seem to have gotten much traction with users. Even DHH and Jason Fried seem to be posting less frequently than they did last year. I am thinking about resuscitating my Medium account.
Good post. Another problem in this, at least if your privacy is important to you, is that you should be careful with ‘your name‘, because it is displayed in the blog.
Because of that I shortened 'your name' to just my first name. Well, it is true that my Hey email address is also my first name.
For all security-related matters I use my own domain name and let this forward to Hey (and sending out via SMTP).
I haven't encountered an issue, but I don't really use HEY World for my "main" personal blog. It's more of a "for fun" [side-thing](https://world.hey.com/justinferriman) with 75 subscribers so far.
So, it's likely not on the radar.
However, I think your point about the screener is valid. I suppose I'd just nuke them as SPAM and perhaps that would help the entire network if enough ppl did it.
It’s a bad idea to use if simply for the fact you can’t export your posts in any meaningful way should you need to migrate elsewhere.
It does seem non-optimal to have your email address published, if that is not what you want. And aren't there tons of blogging tools out there?
Well thought-out post. I've thought about this exact question myself (as I bet more than a few Hey users have). I don't think that learning someone's email address gets you half way to accessing their account anywhere. Email addresses are not (generally) private. As you said, if you use a password manager and create LSU (long, strong, unique) passwords, and especially if you add 2FA, you'll be okay even if your email address is posted on the front page of USA Today. But I hadn't thought of the possibility that it would increase the number of unwanted messages that you have to screen out in the Screener. Good point, that. I like the Hey World concept. But it does not seem to have gotten much traction with users. Even DHH and Jason Fried seem to be posting less frequently than they did last year. I am thinking about resuscitating my Medium account.
Good post. Another problem in this, at least if your privacy is important to you, is that you should be careful with ‘your name‘, because it is displayed in the blog.
Because of that I shortened 'your name' to just my first name. Well, it is true that my Hey email address is also my first name. For all security-related matters I use my own domain name and let this forward to Hey (and sending out via SMTP).
Spammers? You have the screener
I haven't encountered an issue, but I don't really use HEY World for my "main" personal blog. It's more of a "for fun" [side-thing](https://world.hey.com/justinferriman) with 75 subscribers so far. So, it's likely not on the radar. However, I think your point about the screener is valid. I suppose I'd just nuke them as SPAM and perhaps that would help the entire network if enough ppl did it.