Misery in Email - The Math Behind Your Clogged Inbox

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When your email becomes unbearable, what then? Unsubscribe to everything? Delete what you’ve already responded to?

But what if you have 10,000 emails? How long will that take? And can you batch them?

One every second takes almost three hours.

Looking at each for 5 seconds takes fifteen hours.

Yipes!

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  1. sprittibee

    Spookier and spookier.

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  2. Vijay

    I guess in this case, I'll leave you with the #math sis ;) another lovely piece by you

    Vijay

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Misery in Email - The Math Behind Your Clogged Inbox

Filed in 50Word and written by
Email
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When your email becomes unbearable, what then? Unsubscribe to everything? Delete what you’ve already responded to?

But what if you have 10,000 emails? How long will that take? And can you batch them?

One every second takes almost three hours.

Looking at each for 5 seconds takes fifteen hours.

Yipes!

This article is a part of the 50 Word Friday series. 
Learn more about this strange, limited writing style here…

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  1. sprittibee

    Spookier and spookier.

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  2. Vijay

    I guess in this case, I'll leave you with the #math sis ;) another lovely piece by you

    Vijay

    Reply
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Misery in Email - The Math Behind Your Clogged Inbox

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When your email becomes unbearable, what then? Unsubscribe to everything? Delete what you’ve already responded to?

But what if you have 10,000 emails? How long will that take? And can you batch them?

One every second takes almost three hours.

Looking at each for 5 seconds takes fifteen hours.

Yipes!

This article is a part of the 50 Word Friday series. 
Learn more about this strange, limited writing style here…

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  1. sprittibee

    Spookier and spookier.

    Reply
  2. Vijay

    I guess in this case, I'll leave you with the #math sis ;) another lovely piece by you

    Vijay

    Reply
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Misery in Email - The Math Behind Your Clogged Inbox

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When your email becomes unbearable, what then? Unsubscribe to everything? Delete what you’ve already responded to?

But what if you have 10,000 emails? How long will that take? And can you batch them?

One every second takes almost three hours.

Looking at each for 5 seconds takes fifteen hours.

Yipes!

This article is a part of the 50 Word Friday series. 
Learn more about this strange, limited writing style here…

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  1. sprittibee

    Spookier and spookier.

    Reply
  2. Vijay

    I guess in this case, I'll leave you with the #math sis ;) another lovely piece by you

    Vijay

    Reply
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