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Re:Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails? by steveklabnik on Friday July 19, 2013 @11:09AM (#6070645)
On the contrary, they take advantage of this kind of behavior to ensure that he sees their ads. It's a problem they created and exacerbate for their own profit.

This is the whole point of 'gamification.' Dropping a number back down to zero is a form of this.

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Re:Ads in Gmail displayed as normal emails? by snowpalmer on Friday July 19, 2013 @11:46AM (#6070894)
Total # of emails however can be setup to show only your "Primary" inbox. This allows me to check the other tabs much much less often since I'm only motivated to keep the # to 0.
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