How do you handle an email backlog when none of it is spam?
A user says they spent three of their last five Saturday mornings on email and still had more than 90 unread messages—all individual or specific, not spam.
TLDR
A user asked whether there's a better way to manage their email backlog than to “stop replying and don't feel bad.” One reply described a personal filter: don't answer messages that look obviously AI-generated or low-effort. The commenter acknowledged that specific messages and “AI slop” can be “close together,” but said they find the patterns easy to spot.
How do you handle an email backlog when none of it is spam?
A user says they spent three of their last five Saturday mornings on email and still had more than 90 unread messages—all individual or specific, not spam.