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Its interesting when all you seem to factor in is level of education, implying it's the most important metric for selecting tenants. I'd contend its hardly rele

Its interesting when all you seem to factor in is level of education, implying it's the most important metric for selecting tenants. I'd contend its hardly relevant. My only gut impressions is the first seems rather nonchalant, which is sort of strange when entering a presumably expensive contract. The longer response just feels very boilerplate to the point where I'd question if its not the opening to a blanket scam message. I guess an important takeaway is that everyone perceives interactions in different ways and that's really why this whole thing is relevant.

hathawsh 3y ago
I think of it more from the writer's perspective. In my experience, a large number of people shy away from writing anything because they feel they cannot write in a way that makes them sound smart. (And if they're not smart, they believe the recipient will not be interested in helping them.) I think there's value in tech companies helping people overcome that fear.
- neilv 3y ago
  I think you've found a legitimate use for this. (As a stopgap measure, for better education.) Sadly, I don't think that will be the majority of the use. Also, if this were the target use case, the use case could be adapted to the larger problem of tutoring/coaching feedback, to help the person learn and improve, not "write my essay for me, I don't much care what it says, just make me look smart".
chaosmonger7 3y ago
I think the apartment writing is symptomatic of the extreme, highly educated, San Francisco bubble many live in. The people I know in real estate are not reading Hemingway on the weekend and appreciate fine writing. They are blue collar guys with good business sense and good at fixing housing. The writing style of the tenant matters to them zero. "You can write a proper restaurant review for Benu or Birdsong along with writing a good inquiry into getting that apartment in Presidio Heights you always wanted"

hathawsh 3y ago

I think of it more from the writer's perspective. In my experience, a large number of people shy away from writing anything because they feel they cannot write in a way that makes them sound smart. (And if they're not smart, they believe the recipient will not be interested in helping them.) I think there's value in tech companies helping people overcome that fear.

neilv 3y ago
I think you've found a legitimate use for this. (As a stopgap measure, for better education.) Sadly, I don't think that will be the majority of the use. Also, if this were the target use case, the use case could be adapted to the larger problem of tutoring/coaching feedback, to help the person learn and improve, not "write my essay for me, I don't much care what it says, just make me look smart".

chaosmonger7 3y ago

I think the apartment writing is symptomatic of the extreme, highly educated, San Francisco bubble many live in. The people I know in real estate are not reading Hemingway on the weekend and appreciate fine writing. They are blue collar guys with good business sense and good at fixing housing. The writing style of the tenant matters to them zero. "You can write a proper restaurant review for Benu or Birdsong along with writing a good inquiry into getting that apartment in Presidio Heights you always wanted"