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> as long as I'm not missing emails From the article, it sounds like Travis was missing 75% of emails.

• hombre_fatal 4y ago
  I don't think you can say that, and that's why I don't think it's really an email issue but a more general one about async communication. I'd liken it to any time you click into a chat/SMS/WhatsApp notification, read it, but don't respond. Maybe you just don't want to deal with it at the moment. Maybe you're busy. Maybe a response takes some thought and you aren't ready. You didn't miss the message. You just didn't do the extra work of ensuring you'd deal with it. Just think of how few notifications you get that demand that kind of action. This is how a lot of personal/social stuff goes. But especially for the sort of "cold call" emails in TFA. Frankly, I don't see inbox-zero vs inbox-30000 much related to this. Just because you have inbox-zero certainly doesn't mean you respond to every email on the spot. Nor does it mean you treat every email with the same priority. Those two things are all you need for emails to slip through. It's all the same result and it doesn't matter because the point is about the email sender, not the receiver.
  • rexpop 4y ago
    When am I able to check my messages, but unable to respond? If I don't have all the facts at my disposal, that's probably what I'll respond, but promptly acknowledging receipt is a core component of sustainable social relationships. And I can think of one supporting study off the top of my head: Marital interaction and satisfaction: A longitudinal view[0]. 0. https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0022-006X.57.1.47 https://psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?doi=10.1037%2F0022-006X.5...