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You could make it a limited resource. You could only do this say once a month per recipient.



That's a stupid idea. This isn't a turn based game. What the hell would once a month per recipient do for you? It wouldn't be a useful tool if it didn't provide value to the user at all times. What happens if I screw up much more than one time? Great, I was saved once, but that really didn't do much.

And as for the original idea, it's stupid too. When I browse my inbox, I know exactly what's there, opened and unopened. Once it's sent to me, it's mine. I don't want to see messages appearing/disappearing from my inbox if it's not me doing the manipulating.

I'm all for brainstorming and developing new ideas, but come on, give these ideas some thought.


Why is this modded down to -3? This isn't trolling or spam, this is a legitimate suggestion.

If you disagree, you need to post a comment, not click the downmod button. HN is not Digg.


Probably because it's such a weird/dumb suggestion it is hard to distinguish from a troll.


This isn't a legitimate suggestion. It makes email a gimmick.

I can suggest something as ridiculous by saying, well, if the other user hasn't logged into their account since receiving my message, I should be able to log into their account and delete my message.




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