81–90 of 101 posts
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even lower risk is to email hn@ycombinator.com with duplicate posts or other issues on this site! It helps, and it gets you a bit over the fear of emailing. ;)
dang just does NOT reply though. I don't know what his beef is?
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Just this week, I got my first AI-automated one, following a pattern of "liked your X, especially Y". I hope the people doing things like that realize that's awful for humanity, and they stop doing that.
The problem is it isn't really people doing that. All it takes is one person to set the process running and forget about it. Soon enough all exploitable systems are exploited if the cost of doing so is low enough.
And they're being encouraged towards that: even tech companies with reputations to lose are already aggressively offering to take over as someone goes to write an email or text, and proactively "summarizing" the one-to-one human communications of others. But there will actually be demand for one-to-many fake one-on-one interactions, in the hustle culture, and doing it to strangers will seem no worse than what they've already done: corrupting pre-existing interpersonal relationships.
Well I wouldn't email anyone. LinkedIn, X, WhatsApp and even reaching out through friends seems much more effective But the key is to get to know anyone that you think it is minimally (or surprisingly) reachable and try to get the best out of them. And always be reachable up to your limit. Help people whenever you can to reach their goals, you'd never know :)
I read a whole article about how cool it is to email people and I’m opening to the idea… then I see the signature and realize it’s probably just a cheap way to get dates, that come to him.
Odd you think this way..... however why would this be a problem?
Or do you believe one is only allowed to meet prospective partners though exploitative 'dating' apps installed on ones fondle slab?
A low-risk way to dip your toes in is to email a blogger to say that you enjoyed their post or that you found it helpful. The message doesn’t have to have useful information in it, just be sincere. Per OP, often there won’t be a reply but also often it’s much appreciated - particularly by non-mainstream writers.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
The big one is the fact that you will likely be ignored by a large host of them. Even with modern spam filters, a lot of unsolicited messages are simply a waste of packets. Odds are, even your useful, inquisitive message will be buried under the more disingenuous messages, especially in an age of LLMs. Trying to get in contact with anyone that already has a large audience can be discouraging.
> The big one is the fact that you will likely be ignored by a large host of them. So you have a fear of rejection? Mate, you need to pull yourself together.
Well, may be true for some people. For me, it is a matter of wasting my time when I have other things I could accomplish.
I do use Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and Proton mail for various things but I also run my own email server for some things (mostly personal), which I've done since the mid-late 1990's and plan to continue doing so. Because I control it and I feel that gives me a small bit of power compared to the trillion dollar companies.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even lower risk is to email hn@ycombinator.com with duplicate posts or other issues on this site! It helps, and it gets you a bit over the fear of emailing. ;)
dang just does NOT reply though. I don't know what his beef is?