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Ok, it's not a problem that doesn't exist. It exists, but it's insignificant. I think that working on the "email noise problem" when you could be building a pr
by diego 14y ago
Ok, it's not a problem that doesn't exist. It exists, but it's insignificant.
I think that working on the "email noise problem" when you could be building a profitable business helping people prevent or cure life-threatening conditions is a terrible use of brainpower.
- the_watcher 14y agoInsignificant to you, maybe. But this is a big problem to me. Preventing life-threatening diseases is insanely important and I don't want to discourage anyone from working on it, but it doesn't mean other problems shouldn't be solved or worked on.
- betelnut 14y agoIf you help doctors, researchers, and others working on life-threatening problems get relevant information they need faster, then you are indirectly helping with these efforts. Not everyone can be the person on the frontline of these critical efforts, but if you can improve their working conditions then surely you've helped out a bit?
- wavesounds 14y agoThese are precisely the people that should not be having emails deleted automatically. "Wait which kidney was I supposed to remove" let me check that email... oops This idea would only be good for spam "buy now before its too late" type emails (ie non-important information) which is not a problem that really needs solving.
- betelnut 14y agoYeah, you're right. I was responding to the general problem of finding stuff in your inbox as restated by others - not the suggestion of self-destructing email. Sorry I was unclear.