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by matznerd 901 days ago
Is anyone out there looking for an RSS style feed of their email? In a sort of non-disruptive scrolling mechanism... possibly with AI summary of the emails. This would not replace your inbox, but allow you you to not have to go into your inbox until you want to, but to be able to stay up to date with what is going on in your email...?
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remram 901 days ago
What's the difference between that and your inbox? What's the point of "no having to go in your inbox" if you still see your inbox?
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matznerd 901 days ago
The point is more generally to allow you to go longer without having to go to your inbox and/or to be able to turn of notifications for email. The RSS comes in quietly and the body and preview is an AI summarized.

Often times I'm CC'd on an email thread and can't always know what is going on just from previews, so an AI summary as the headlines would be very helpful to be able to know what is going on, without having to go into my inbox...

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remram 900 days ago
Why is it easier/better to go to your RSS client than your "inbox" i.e. email client?

What is the point of "going longer without having to go to your inbox" if you have to go to your RSS reader instead?

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matznerd 898 days ago
The RSS feed sits on the side of screen or appears on hover. It is like a summary of headlines of what is going on in your inbox. I guess it depends on your use case if you reach inbox zero daily. Unfortunately, I don't go to inbox zero these days as much as I'd like, and have so many emails I am CC'd on or back-and-forth conversations I am monitoring, this way I can know something came back and a short summary of it, without having to go into the inbox to find out what is going on (especially b/c I am not responding, as someone else on the team would be handling it).
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remram 898 days ago
Couldn't your email client sit on the side of your screen, just as easily as your RSS client?
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reddalo 901 days ago
Hey.com has a similar function called "The Feed", but it's a paid email service.
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matznerd 901 days ago
Their "The Feed" is a feed of the newsletters which is interesting. I guess what I am thinking is more along the lines of if those were in a more condensed feed with a TL;DR type summary above it. I am also thinking of a UI that is more of a passive quiet updating feed that isn't distracting.
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