# Concise Email Apps The TL;DR Email App Ensures Messages Are Short and Sweet By Laura McQuarrie | Published 2015-01-28 | Tech Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/email-apps References: [gotldr](http://gotldr.com/) & [itunes.apple](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tl-dr-email-too-long-didnt-read/id955530351?ls=1&mt=8) If you love the challenge of sending 140 character messages on [Twitter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mailfeed), the TL;DR app has you bring the same kind of conciseness to your email exchanges in only 30 words. Noting that people are "fed up with [endless emails](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/inbox-report)" that "look like 19th century letters," the TL;DR app was created to free people from having to drown in a sea of never-ending email messages. The app works like this: the first words of an incoming email are summarized in 30 words or less inside of a boldly colored box. Within the app, these posts can be read and replied to in a [newsfeed-style format](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/tidyread). Taking inspiration from the instantaneity of social media, the app also lets users respond to an email with a "like." Now, filtering through you inbox is as easy as scrolling through your social feed. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 2.9/10 - Popularity: 27% | Activity: 51% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Gen Z, Millennial - Top markets: North America ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Tech](https://www.trendhunter.com/tech) > [Mobile](https://www.trendhunter.com/mobile) ## Key Themes ### What's Driving This Trend - **Concise Communication:** The trend towards concise email apps like TL;DR provides opportunities for businesses to streamline communication and improve productivity. - **Instantaneity:** The trend towards email apps emulating social media platforms opens up disruptive innovation opportunities for industries to create more interactive and real-time email experiences. - **Simplification:** The trend of simplifying email exchanges through summarized messages and newsfeed-style formats offers industries the chance to develop user-friendly email platforms that reduce information overload. ### Who This Affects Most - **Email and Communication Services:** The TL;DR app and similar email services present disruptive innovation opportunities for the email and communication industry to enhance user experience and efficiency. - **Software Development:** The trend of concise email apps creates opportunities for the software development industry to design and build user-friendly email platforms with simplified messaging and interactive features. - **Productivity Tools and Services:** The demand for concise email apps like TL;DR opens up disruptive innovation opportunities in the productivity tools and services industry to create efficient communication solutions that streamline email exchanges. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Unread Message Consolidation Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/briefinbox.md) - [Email Summarization Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/email-summarization.md) - [Streamline Email Management Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/email-management.md) - [Auditory Email Inbox Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/voisemail.md) - [Inbox Productivity Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/taurin.md) - [Newsletter-Only Inbox Apps](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/substicy-app.md) - [Cohesive News Inboxes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/legible-news-inbox.md) - [Intelligent Email Clients](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/oneemail.md) - [Newsletter Streamlining Tools](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mailfeed.md)