Unpopular opinion: "Read Later" apps should auto-delete your unread links.

We have all been there. You find an interesting article, save it to Pocket or Notion, and feel productive. You tell yourself you will read it "this weekend."

Two years later, you have a backlog of 2,000 links you will never open.

I believe this digital hoarding is actually harmful. It creates a "debt" of unconsumed content that stresses us out.

I am experimenting with a concept: Data Decay.

If you save a link but don't read it within a set timeframe (based on a spaced repetition algorithm), the app should assume it wasn't important and delete it for you.

If it was truly life-changing, you would have read it. If you ignored it for 3 months, it was just noise.

My question to you: Would you be brave enough to use an app that threatens to delete your saved items? Or is the FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) too strong?