This is just for personal mailboxes, where signal to noise ratio is very low.
Priority Inbox highlights anything that actually comes from a human.
Multiple emails are more effective (for me) for automated and marketing emails, e.g. "right, I should remember to buy some more shirts from that company that keeps sending me offers", or "that domain is expiring soon, I noted that it was 30 days out last email but now it's getting closer".
Given the importance/actionability of these kinds of emails roughly approximates status updates on Facebook's News Feed, my approach has been similar (browse, trust that my eye will catch anything important, don't waste effort trying to read through every single piece of information).
You're right that I could make an effort to read through each email I receive immediately and decide whether its actionable, but this approach works well for me with very little effort.
Priority Inbox highlights anything that actually comes from a human.
Multiple emails are more effective (for me) for automated and marketing emails, e.g. "right, I should remember to buy some more shirts from that company that keeps sending me offers", or "that domain is expiring soon, I noted that it was 30 days out last email but now it's getting closer".
Given the importance/actionability of these kinds of emails roughly approximates status updates on Facebook's News Feed, my approach has been similar (browse, trust that my eye will catch anything important, don't waste effort trying to read through every single piece of information).
You're right that I could make an effort to read through each email I receive immediately and decide whether its actionable, but this approach works well for me with very little effort.