# Summary email algorithm could use some work **URL:** \ **Category:** UX\ **Tags:** activity-summary\ **Created:** [August 14, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-email-algorithm-could-use-some-work/275034 "2023-08-14T11:43:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2023, 11:43am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-email-algorithm-could-use-some-work/275034/1 "2023-08-14T11:43:26Z")
I’ve long had the sense that the summary emails were a bit useless, but I didn’t have a concrete example before: ![Selection_1282](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/f/b/4/fb422282772c6e2f0c9c8d7fdadcbac544e477ac.png) ---
**Author:** ![sam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/sam/32/102149_2.png) [@sam](https://meta.discourse.org/u/sam)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2023, 5:49am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-email-algorithm-could-use-some-work/275034/2 "2023-08-15T05:49:53Z")
This can still be correct… “last visit” and “duration of time summary is generated on” are not 100% overlapping. Agree entirely we can make stuff clearer though and that summary emails probably can get a round of refinement, especially in the age of generative AI which can create much more interesting narratives. ---
**Author:** ![ganncamp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ganncamp/32/106199_2.png) [@ganncamp](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ganncamp)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2023, 12:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/summary-email-algorithm-could-use-some-work/275034/5 "2023-11-06T12:44:27Z")
A particularly egregious example arrived today: ![Selection_1422](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/meta/original/4X/e/1/5/e155b17e9d07b4646cbd2f9b9b1e13614858ca19.png) There was actually a 4th entry from someone else, but…