tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post1705757244014741624..comments2024-03-27T17:10:55.396-05:00Comments on Johnday's Blog: E-mail Rationing Season AgainJohn Dayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-64914223316664357562020-10-03T07:39:46.115-05:002020-10-03T07:39:46.115-05:00"The noise" is being curtailed by Gmail...."The noise" is being curtailed by Gmail. That is a form of censorship. It's seasonal, coming only in election season. This iteration of the censorship has the appearance of being arbitrary, but it may actually be content-driven by the AI monitors. I can't tell.John Dayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12123174297818737132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-80024703355739881492020-10-02T07:42:54.533-05:002020-10-02T07:42:54.533-05:00I'm a former Internet engineer. The vast major...I'm a former Internet engineer. The vast majority of Internet traffic is comprised of video content, both from streaming services and the porn industry (not necessarily in that order). Email traffic is in the noise. Bob Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00624159419426707134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4275885258914846834.post-8765780201985310792020-10-01T23:32:46.943-05:002020-10-01T23:32:46.943-05:00While I am inclined to believe your interpretation...While I am inclined to believe your interpretation of your intermittent email restraints, and I know of someone who had a similar experience but with their blog, there is another possibility: bandwidth limitations. Seems like the net is steadily overloading itself. From ads upon ads upon ads to the NSA wanting to always be in the background to... it's *just* possible that during election season since 2016, by which time the internet as we know it today had taken form, so many people are sending email lists and hammering the political fora and and and... that the restriction is simply a kind of rationing during a time of relative scarcity relative to demand.<br /><br />I tend to believe your view on it, but I must admit that paranoia can function as a form of confirmation bias, or is it vice-versa?Robin Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15098768488282086396noreply@blogger.com