Re:Bacn is the New Spam
by jaryd on Thursday March 14, 2013 @08:01PM
(#5378409)
I clicked the picture of bacon at the bottom of the article hoping to see a massively blown up photo of a pile of greasy bacon, and was actually redirected to the app!
I would be interested to see click-through data on that... :)
Re:Bacn is the New Spam
by cwp on Thursday March 14, 2013 @07:39PM
(#5378318)
Yes, they're absolutely right. Not having bacn in my INBOX is wonderful. But I have that already, using Gmail filters. Glider could automate it for me, which would be valuable. I don't think I'd value it at $9/month, though. Maybe I'm not in the target market for this.
Re:Bacn is the New Spam
by wamatt on Thursday March 14, 2013 @07:42PM
(#5378330)
Nice to see more competition in this space. I've found newsletter email filtering to be a godsend and it's changed how I deal with email.
I used to setup tons of filter rules manually, but now I just subscribe to anything of interest, and don't worry about the consequences.
Sanebox[1] allowed me to do this. It uses a ML algo over any Imap account (I'm using it on Gmail) so it's email client independent. It works incredibly well.
No affiliation with SB, just a happy customer and it's 1/4 the monthly price to boot.
Re:Bacn is the New Spam
by monkeyspaw on Thursday March 14, 2013 @09:40PM
(#5378789)
My understanding is that it's derived from 1970s database programmers "spamming the database" with dummy data. The original term comes from Monty Python's Spamalot skit, I believe.
Re:Bacn is the New Spam
by tlogan on Thursday March 14, 2013 @07:29PM
(#5378289)
I installed glider.io and, as of now, I'm not sure why it is better than simple Gmail labeling / filter.
But on the other hand, it is better that "smart" outlook.com classification (which cannot even figure out where to put mails from [email protected]).
So there might be something about this is the future.
If you can't pay attention to a detail like that, how can I expect the product itself to be any less frustrating?
Show us you're paying attention. I beg of you.
I would be interested to see click-through data on that... :)
I used to setup tons of filter rules manually, but now I just subscribe to anything of interest, and don't worry about the consequences.
Sanebox[1] allowed me to do this. It uses a ML algo over any Imap account (I'm using it on Gmail) so it's email client independent. It works incredibly well.
No affiliation with SB, just a happy customer and it's 1/4 the monthly price to boot.
[1] http://www.sanebox.com/
...At least, that's what I've always thought it to be, anyway. Now that I go back and check, I can't quite find a source for this claim.