I think seeing superiority or obnoxiousness in the comment you replied to was a pretty large reading error on your part. The tone was sympathetic to people whose inboxes receive more than they can handle.
The last sentence of your comment sounds quite condescending.
Re:Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
by andrewflnr on Tuesday June 02, 2026 @10:15PM
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The part of their comment I quoted is not particularly subtle in my opinion. It undercuts the superficially "sympathetic" tone. If they actually intended it to be sympathetic they should be more careful in their phrasing. I'm skeptical.
GP post is correct; you are reading way too far into it. Zero superiority intended.
I'm stating it as a style of how I manage my inbox. It's not some big achievement on my part. It's how I stop from feeling overwhelmed by my inbox. Everyone else can do whatever they want.
It's not like I'm that loyal to Gmail. But I've yet to find an alternative that replaces this functionality that I've become accustomed to. It's why I'm asking so many questions of people in this thread.
Re:Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left
by GoblinSlayer on Wednesday June 03, 2026 @04:07AM
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>The tone was sympathetic to people whose inboxes receive more than they can handle.
But categorization doesn't reduce volume of received messages and it remains more than they can handle.
Less practically, it is pretty obnoxious for you to act superior about inbox 0, while pretending not to judge people who "let their inbox be overrun", and at the same time refuse to accept any solution to your inbox that isn't fully automatic. There are lots of options available to you besides leaning entirely on Google's machines of loving grace watching over your inbox.