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you’ll never need to delete another message.



That’s supposed to be one of the selling points for Gmail, but I’ve been thinking: why on earth would I want to save every single email that I ever get and receive? Seems almost obsessive-compulsive at a certain point, doesn’t it?







4 Reader Responses

  1. chutney Says:
    October 26th, 2007 at 4:33 pm

    I do it for just-in-case reasons. Why delete when you can archive?

  2. Tim Boucher Says:
    October 26th, 2007 at 7:50 pm

    Why would I need to archive? I don’t have any need to hold onto pointless data. Encouraging me to do so “just because I can” is to encourage me to act for no reason and to slip into other associated unconscious behaviors and assumptions.

  3. GrandCentral: One Ring To Rule Them All! - Top Occultu]re Says:
    October 27th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

    […] So is that somehow Google’s fault? Certainly not. Although, their stated mission as a corporation - after all - is to index all of the world’s information. And in order to do that, they want to make sure that you save your web history with them, that you never delete an email message you send or receive, that they have access to all files and photos on your computer, and now that they will have all of your phone records correlated together in one handy place too. […]

  4. Brooke Says:
    October 27th, 2007 at 10:45 pm

    I found that creepy from the beginning. I delete stuff all the time, except for actual conversations and things. I also like how at first there wasn’t even a delete option unless you went through some unnecessarily elaborate process to add the delete button.



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