Open Thread: Do You Delete?

We’ve looked at the distinction between filers and pilers in the past (as well as the one between nibblers and gulpers). But there’s another facet of organization we haven’t dug into yet: how much stuff do you keep in the first place?

This turns up most keenly in email. Some people hang on to every message they get, filing or piling depending on their preference. But even many people who don’t bother to tag or organize their emails refuse to delete them. Others merrily get rid of old messages on a regular basis. What about you? Do you flush out your archive from time to time, or do you hang on to everything? If you’re a deleter, have you ever ended up wanting one of those old messages back? If you’re a keeper, do you ever actually use that archive, or does it just give you a warm fuzzy feeling?

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