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> Who in this day and age reads an article and thinks "Hmm, that was useful, I'll send the author a note of thanks"? I do. Maybe you should, too?

jefftk 7y ago
For what it's worth I find it minorly annoying when people send me emails about my posts. I'm happy for people to comment on them, but typically an email is an invitation to have a private discussion and I'd much rather talk publicly (https://www.jefftk.com/p/comment-dont-message https://www.jefftk.com/p/comment-dont-message)
- chaps 7y ago
  And on the flip side, there are people like Noam Chomsky who reply to all emails they receive: https://www.reddit.com/r/chomsky/comments/6a23eg/how_long_does_noam_chomsky_take_to_reply_to_his/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chomsky/comments/6a23eg/how_long_do...
- saagarjha 7y ago
  I think comments are probably easier to interact with, but they're more hassle to set up and maintain :( FWIW, I often take interesting points from emails I get and add them as "updates" to blog posts.
- coldpie 7y ago
  You may get more comments/emails than I do. I think I've gotten 3 worthwhile comments and 2 emails in the 8 years my blog has been active. I actually turned comments off, because I was getting thousands of spam daily, and that seems like a waste of everyone's time.
  - jefftk 7y ago
    I host my comments externally. For example, https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh is currently on the HN frontpage as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22810589 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22810589, and I think of that like my comment section. I have my blog pull in the comments from there: https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh#hn-22811119 https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh#hn-22811119 I also pull comments from LessWrong and Facebook, though the FB comment integration is pretty temperamental.
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      Is there a way to comment on your post if it's not been posted to Hacker News/Facebook/LessWrong?
      - jefftk 7y ago
        I post everything to FB and LW. If you want to comment on HN and you think it's a post that's relevant here you could submit it?
        saagarjha 7y ago
        I don't submit things to Hacker News :(

jefftk 7y ago

For what it's worth I find it minorly annoying when people send me emails about my posts. I'm happy for people to comment on them, but typically an email is an invitation to have a private discussion and I'd much rather talk publicly (https://www.jefftk.com/p/comment-dont-message https://www.jefftk.com/p/comment-dont-message)

chaps 7y ago
And on the flip side, there are people like Noam Chomsky who reply to all emails they receive: https://www.reddit.com/r/chomsky/comments/6a23eg/how_long_does_noam_chomsky_take_to_reply_to_his/ https://www.reddit.com/r/chomsky/comments/6a23eg/how_long_do...
saagarjha 7y ago
I think comments are probably easier to interact with, but they're more hassle to set up and maintain :( FWIW, I often take interesting points from emails I get and add them as "updates" to blog posts.
coldpie 7y ago
You may get more comments/emails than I do. I think I've gotten 3 worthwhile comments and 2 emails in the 8 years my blog has been active. I actually turned comments off, because I was getting thousands of spam daily, and that seems like a waste of everyone's time.
- jefftk 7y ago
  I host my comments externally. For example, https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh is currently on the HN frontpage as https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22810589 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22810589, and I think of that like my comment section. I have my blog pull in the comments from there: https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh#hn-22811119 https://www.jefftk.com/p/mosh#hn-22811119 I also pull comments from LessWrong and Facebook, though the FB comment integration is pretty temperamental.
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    Is there a way to comment on your post if it's not been posted to Hacker News/Facebook/LessWrong?
    - jefftk 7y ago
      I post everything to FB and LW. If you want to comment on HN and you think it's a post that's relevant here you could submit it?
      - saagarjha 7y ago
        I don't submit things to Hacker News :(