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This is simply not true. Some do. Most already get too many pitches. And the crucial point that we're not addressing here is: Pitched about what? A lot of work
by vonnik 11y ago
This is simply not true. Some do. Most already get too many pitches. And the crucial point that we're not addressing here is: Pitched about what? A lot of work has to be done to target and tailor pitches, and that can't really be done at scale. You have to pick a few and focus on them.
- austenallred 11y agoIf you put your email address in your byline, which is how we're gathering email addresses, it's fair that you expect to be pitched.
- vonnik 11y agoIt's more complicated than that. You're extrapolating that because they put their email up on the site, they sent the signal that they want these spam-blast form pitches. That's a logical leap, and it happens to be incorrect. In addition, the email addresses that reporters give on websites are not their real addresses. The publicly shown addresses lead to spam buckets, precisely because too many people are sending emails indiscriminately.