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Behavior of deleting or ignoring emails due to an overwhelming volume of messages

Email bankruptcy is deleting or ignoring all emails older than a certain date, due to an overwhelming volume of messages. The term is usually attributed to author Lawrence Lessig in 2004, though it can also be attributed to Sherry Turkle in 2002. An insurmountable volume or backlog of legitimate messages (e.g. on return from an extended absence) usually leads to bankruptcy.

During the act of declaring email bankruptcy, a message is usually sent to all senders explaining the problem, that their message has been deleted, and that if their message still requires a response they should resend their message.

Similarly, the inability to maintain an overview over messages in an instant messenger chat room may be referred to as chat room bankruptcy.

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References

  1. Mike Musgrove (25 May 2007). "E-Mail Reply to All: 'Leave Me Alone'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 November 2007. https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/24/AR2007052402258.html ↩

  2. Constance Rosenblum (14 February 2002). "ESSAY: In Lost E-Mail, a Dividend". The New York Times. Retrieved 10 August 2021. https://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/14/technology/essay-in-lost-e-mail-a-dividend.html ↩

  3. John Harlow (14 October 2007). "Office staff hit delete in war on e-mail monster". The Times. Archived from the original on May 11, 2008. Retrieved 15 November 2007. https://archive.today/20080511144219/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2652797.ece ↩

  4. "Call it the Dead E-Mail Office". Wired News. 7 June 2004. Retrieved 7 June 2004. https://www.wired.com/culture/lifestyle/news/2004/06/63733 ↩

  5. Tuesday Knight (23 October 2003). "Re: PING Tuesday". Newsgroup: alt.religion.wicca. Usenet: BBBC8C9C.516E1%[email protected]. Retrieved 8 June 2012. https://groups.google.com/group/alt.religion.wicca/msg/16712075d4953f3a ↩

  6. Crittenden, Mike (12 January 2021). "If it will matter after today, stop talking about it in a chat room". Critter.Blog. Retrieved 6 July 2022. https://critter.blog/2021/01/12/if-it-matters-after-today-stop-talking-about-it-in-a-chat-room/ ↩