GMail Introduces Priority Inbox

jason-za writes with this quote from a Google announcement: "People tell us all that time that they're getting more and more mail and often feel overwhelmed by it all. We know what you mean — here at Google we run on email. Our inboxes are slammed with hundreds, sometimes thousands of messages a day — mail from colleagues, from lists, about appointments and automated mail that's often not important. It's time-consuming to figure out what needs to be read and what needs a reply. Today, we're happy to introduce Priority Inbox (in beta) — an experimental new way of taking on information overload in Gmail."

Today I'm proud to announce

[Anonymous Coward]

Priority Post (beta)

Yo Dawg

[ultraexactzz]

I keep thinking back to our good friend Xibit when I read this article. Yo Dawg, I know you like Gmail, so I got you an inbox for your inbox, so you can read mail while you read mail.

Re:Today I'm proud to announce

[Anonymous Coward]

Luckily for you it's still in beta, 'cause I seem to have found a bug...

Re:Thank god

[Abstrackt]

Just glad to see /. is back up. I was having serious geek withdrawal there for a while.

You mean you don't have a local mirror?

Re:arms race

[bunratty]

The solution is obvious... Demand email neutrality now!

The nigerian prince

[Drakkenmensch]

But he needs my help right now! He's just trying to get the millions of dollars stolen from him in the revolution!

Re:Thank god

[elrous0]

Only the one in my bathroom.

Re:Thank god

[Abstrackt]

Only the one in my bathroom.

Ah, you're a TiSP [google.com] subscriber too eh? ;)

Google introduces Google Democracy

[Anonymous Coward]

Based on insights gleamed from Google searches, Youtube usage, Gmail statistics, Analytics and more, Google is proud to introduce its latest product Google Democracy. Google is now able to select the proper decisions for the population as a whole, completely without human intervention. Dr. Sanjit Was says "It's how the founders truly would have envisioned government working, had they had access to massive amounts of computing power."

Re:Thank god

[Anonymous Coward]

Yeah, but faking your own kdawson posts while waiting for the main site to come back up is sort of tedious, not to mention mind warping.

Re:How about good subject lines?

[BrokenHalo]

I've tried to explain the benefits of good subjects to both of them, but they give me that 10,000 mile stare like I'm speaking Klingon or something.

That sounds like a candidate for a suitable (fake) "bounce" message. Maybe something like this...

"Attention Will Robinson! Your email has been intercepted by a lameness filter. Please try supplying an apposite subject line."

Re:How about good subject lines?

[Compaqt]

Yeah.

>>Most people are idiots about email.

>Like top-posting.

Re:How about good subject lines?

[SnowZero]

I don't see the problem with that.

Most people are idiots about email.

Like top-posting.