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Re:Social Cooling (2017) by Sodman on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @02:12PM (#24631117)
To each their own I guess. I usually reply to any non-recruiter human who has taken the time to send me an email directly (not a list), even if it's just a one-line response. Especially if it's an old friend you've lost touch with.
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Re:Social Cooling (2017) by ratww on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @05:13PM (#24633068)
I sincerely believe most people also would, but the problem is that outside of the workplace email has become mostly a marketing and notification channel.

Most non-tech people I know have hundreds, if not thousands of unread messages in their inboxes and will probably miss some unexpected ones.

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Re:Social Cooling (2017) by ehnto on Wednesday September 30, 2020 @02:52AM (#24636273)
That's me. I turn off as many notifications as I can yet somehow I still get too many.
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