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Engagement is not always easy. You've had other public figures, but they want to be public figures. There could be a myriad of reasons for her turning you down

by jemmyw 3y ago

Engagement is not always easy. You've had other public figures, but they want to be public figures. There could be a myriad of reasons for her turning you down from not caring, being busy, not liking you personally, not wanting to be more public than she already is. That she has posted something about the topic is not a compelling argument that she must take it further. I think you posting about it and posting the email was disrespectful. Although it has given us some insight into your mind.

EGreg 3y ago
I agree, and I could be wrong. After all, there can be a myriad of reasons for why I would want to have her on the show yet people on HN assume it is out of my desire to somehow become famous or advertise my coin or do a scam. They can’t imagine someone being genuinely in it for the tech and improving people’s lives. Or maybe they say those assumptions to “fit in” with what’s cool on HN right now. In any case, given how totally off base and provably wrong most ad-hominem comments here have been about my motivations, I would say the “insight into my mind” is completely off, and your assessment of how insightful the insight was, should be reevaluated. She didn’t “just post something”. She literally runs a blog where that is all she posts. It is reasonable to reach out to someone running a systematically anti-zionist blog and invite them to discuss things at any time of their convenience. They are doing the equivalent of standing on a street corner with a megaphone, for all the public to hear their thoughts, so of course they should expect someone to politely approach them and engage them.
- jemmyw 3y ago
  I didn't say anything about what the insights are, I guess it's up to each person. However, you haven't done yourself favours with long rambling comments. If you had originally just said "I was interested in interviewing her on my podcast [link] but she declined." That would have been fine, folks would draw their own conclusions. Then there would be no look of disrespect on your part or people thinking you're trying to "call her out" or whatever it is you're doing. > They are doing the equivalent of standing on a street corner with a megaphone It's revealing you find it that in your face. Most people discover it via a link on hn, read, have a chuckle, move on. > expect someone to politely approach them Well indeed. And hopefully not see them splurge all over the place when they refuse to engage.
  - EGreg 3y ago
    Hopefully. But I think “the place” is a thread about this very blog. And refusing to engage is pretty relevant!

by jemmyw 3y ago

EGreg 3y ago

I agree, and I could be wrong. After all, there can be a myriad of reasons for why I would want to have her on the show yet people on HN assume it is out of my desire to somehow become famous or advertise my coin or do a scam. They can’t imagine someone being genuinely in it for the tech and improving people’s lives. Or maybe they say those assumptions to “fit in” with what’s cool on HN right now. In any case, given how totally off base and provably wrong most ad-hominem comments here have been about my motivations, I would say the “insight into my mind” is completely off, and your assessment of how insightful the insight was, should be reevaluated. She didn’t “just post something”. She literally runs a blog where that is all she posts. It is reasonable to reach out to someone running a systematically anti-zionist blog and invite them to discuss things at any time of their convenience. They are doing the equivalent of standing on a street corner with a megaphone, for all the public to hear their thoughts, so of course they should expect someone to politely approach them and engage them.

jemmyw 3y ago
I didn't say anything about what the insights are, I guess it's up to each person. However, you haven't done yourself favours with long rambling comments. If you had originally just said "I was interested in interviewing her on my podcast [link] but she declined." That would have been fine, folks would draw their own conclusions. Then there would be no look of disrespect on your part or people thinking you're trying to "call her out" or whatever it is you're doing. > They are doing the equivalent of standing on a street corner with a megaphone It's revealing you find it that in your face. Most people discover it via a link on hn, read, have a chuckle, move on. > expect someone to politely approach them Well indeed. And hopefully not see them splurge all over the place when they refuse to engage.
- EGreg 3y ago
  Hopefully. But I think “the place” is a thread about this very blog. And refusing to engage is pretty relevant!