Comments on: The Hidden Cost of Spam: How Emails Waste Real Resources https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/ A Blog On Writing Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:31:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Kathleen Baldwin https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176279 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 03:01:59 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176279 I am so looking forward to your next installment on this. Wow! so true. But what to do about it??? Help! I've given up on social media for a similar reason. I got sick of the sell, sell, sell wevery other post, Ugh!

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176200 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 06:16:55 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176200 In reply to Lisa Norman.

Preach it!

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176198 Thu, 05 Feb 2026 05:02:50 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176198 In reply to Jenny Hansen.

Ugh, Jenny. I hear you. It is rough! Especially for those of us in careers where people expect us to be somewhat reachable, the inbox nightmare is painful.

]]> By: Jenny Hansen https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176182 Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:22:11 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176182 This --> "Spam trains us to read defensively."

It's exhausting. My 3 inboxes make me sooooo tired. Especially because I actually have 5. Two of them are specifically for all the stuff I really don't want to see, but have to sign up for.

I appreciate your breakdown.

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176171 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 19:16:57 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176171 In reply to denise.

Definitely. Takes a chunk out of our productivity every day!

]]> By: denise https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176162 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 04:04:02 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176162 Costs time to address it, too.

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176161 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 02:09:00 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176161 In reply to Marian Beaman.

Marian - Inbox Fatigue is a huge challenge of our modern world. And well done for keeping things clean. By deleting your spam, you're also taking a moment to find those that have been misclassified. I bet you don't lose very many emails!

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176160 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 02:07:57 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176160 In reply to Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt.

Yay for therapeutic deletion! That's definitely a thing. I spoke to someone just the other day who reached inbox zero by deleting EVERYTHING. I usually recommend doing it by archival. But I was surprised at how free she felt!

]]> By: Lisa Norman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176159 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 02:06:28 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176159 In reply to WINONA CROSS.

Winona - that's a huge issue as well. From energy exposure to usage... as well as the chemicals in the process and the way these things are designed as disposable instead of recyclable. Huge issues.

]]> By: Marian Beaman https://writersinthestormblog.com/2026/02/the-hidden-cost-of-spam-how-emails-waste-real-resources/#comment-176158 Tue, 03 Feb 2026 02:01:33 +0000 https://writersinthestormblog.com/?p=56306#comment-176158 I understand Inbox Fatigue. Before I read what I think are legitimate emails, I delete SPAM and messages that have a "strange" address.

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