You'd be less happy if you didn't have to spend a good part of your time having to read (and possibly do lots of work in order to reply correctly) to emails from bosses, local politicians, concerned citizens, pissed citizens, media, colleagues, school districts, and committees among others all with the knowledge that whatever you write can end up on the newspaper.
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You'd be less happy if you didn't have to spend a good part of your time having to read (and possibly do lots of work in order to reply correctly) to emails from bosses, local politicians, concerned citizens, pissed citizens, media, colleagues, school districts, and committees among others all with the knowledge that whatever you write can end up on the newspaper.
Sending a tweet: Giving a speech in a public place to anyone who wants to listen
Sending an email: Knocking on your door to give a speech to you
An email is much more intrusive and annoying.
Sending an email: Knocking on your door to give a speech to you
An email is much more intrusive and annoying.
The CDC ublishes data, not information.
I created something informative, to try and help put things into perspective...
Really? Given to hyperbole much?
We live in a world where we're bombarded 24/7 with information. What makes you somehow more special?
If you want to get a response to the Chief of Police or anyone at Director+ level you write one short paragraph, to the point, and with very clear information and a very clear request. They are effin' busy.
Have you read the replies - read, and deeply thought about - the replies you have received to your original post and thread?
No.
If I don't know you, when you write to me, it is spam, and it is immediately deleted, unread.
It is blind, if I don't know you. And it is spam, if I don't know you.
And yes, this is what you are doing.
And - here is the important point, for, this is key - it doesn't matter what your definition, or perception, or understanding, of this exchange is; what matters is how the recipient views it.
And I will view it as a violation, an intrusion, an unwarranted and unappreciated and unsolicited and unsought communication, an entitled demand, - and, above all, something that is time-wasting, (because I prize and value time) if I have to deal with it, and waste time to determine whether it is a threat or not. (Time I will not have to waste, if the source is already known to me).
I determine the extent to which I interact with social media. Whether others choose to abuse it or not is irrelevant, as long as they don't infest my timeline.
Why ask a question if you are not prepared to accept the answer give by everyone who has replied to you so far?
@yaxomoxay's idea of a blog is excellent.
And, the POTUS is not a role model I could commend, on this or anything else.
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Because I took raw data, and turned it into useful information.
I also made observations 3 weeks ago that I am almost certain several national newspapers stole my ideas on. (I pitched my story, got no responses, and yet my idea miraculously now appears in national newspapers.)
Funny how that goes, isn't it?
Of course, I'm a nobody, so what's it matter...
I can assure you that there's lots of people that takes raw data and believe they turned it into new, useful information. It might very well be true, but it might still be not useful enough to be worth the reader's time, let alone work on a reply.
Up until about 15-20 years ago, that is what civilization has done for the past 200,000 years - one on one communication.
I guess I'm just an old timer.
False. Civilization always had "broadcasters" in one form or another.
I'm coming to the conclusion that nobody cares anymore what I have to say...
(This is what the final days of the world probably look like.)
Fwiw, I NEVER get any emails - including spam. And when I do get spam/phishing attack, I'm smart enough to know that it is such.
If someone ever sent me an email like I sent - and it was coming from a legitimate email address - then I would be happy to read it.
I remember the days long gone when that is how the world worked.
Now everyone is just pissed at everyone else, and no one wants to talk or listen or learn about anything.
(Of course people WILL piss away their lives endlessly on Facebook...)
Have you read what many on the thread have set out by way of reply?
Do you intend to heed it?
Or, would you prefer to wallow in self-pity?
Cut out the self-pitying nonsense.
Are you an expert - or, how are you an expert - on these matters? Why should anyone read your material?
Again, @yaxomoxay's suggestion of a blog is an excellent one.
Why should someone assume that your email address is legitimate?
Well said.
So is email dead???
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I'm taking time to listen to all of you...
No, without email I'd be dead [workwise], and precisely for this reason I'll guard my time/attention/effort dedicated to email with a sword.
Look: @Texas_Toast: An unsolicited email from someone I don't know, and whose worth (in terms of knowledge) I cannot judge in advance, very often, in my experience, wants either my time or my money, or both.
My friends and family receive both, unquestioningly; my employers receive the former, and charities that I approve of and whose principles I agree with receive both.
Strangers - and that includes unsolicited and unsought meals, which I view was a monstrous violation of time and space - receive neither.
My friends and family receive both, unquestioningly; my employers receive the former, and charities that I approve of and whose principles I agree with receive both.
Strangers - and that includes unsolicited and unsought meals, which I view was a monstrous violation of time and space - receive neither.
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You need to put something catchy as the first line of your email. Something like:
Î am a hacker who haș acceșș to your operatîng șyștem
Î am a hacker who haș acceșș to your operatîng șyștem
So, I guess I can never email a pastor to ask for spiritual advice. (Maybe I'm new in town?)
I cannot email a business to ask if they have a product I want.
Cannot ask how to vote by mail from the local gov't.
Emailing someone whose email is listed on their website is out.
And the list goes on and on.
Are your rules the same in real life?
Could I walk up to you and ask you the time?
Would you mind if I commented on how nice you look today?
People really are *miserable* in today's world, aren't they?
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Probably the best advice yet!!!
Might I also suggest...
Re: "LINKS TO FREE USELESS **** TO WASTE MORE OF YOUR TIME AND $$$"
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That I do agree with. Most of them were the same form letter without any mention of how to get help if COVID affected you financially. Only recently are websites prompting you on how to get help.
You can. Just don't expect a reply, and get off the pedestal of "what I am sending is important so they must reply."
Yea I don't understand if an email is on a website, then you should read email you receive. And watch out complimenting anyone anymore or you might get sued for sexual harassment. It's so ridiculous anymore. I can understand if you keep at it after being told to GTFO or say it in a lewd way, but not one nice compliment.
No, many of us are not miserable. We value time and effort, and the audacity in thinking that someone is miserable because they don't give a crap about your email is a first even for Macrumors.
No, not from people - or sources - I know, respect, or are vouched for.
I work remotely, and often work abroad; emails are my lifeblood, professionally and personally, especially when other forms of communication are challenging or difficult.
However, emails need to come from a verified, trusted, or known source.
You are confusing the means of communication (email, which is not the issue) with who is communicating (someone unknown, and therefore neither trusted nor verified), and what the communication addresses.
You are also confusing the means of communication with how the communication takes place.
Email is not the issue: Rather, the fact that it is an unsolicited, unsought, unverified communication is the issue.
Others have already remarked on how it is far easier if communication is initiated by the person seeking this information, rather than by the person who wishes to spread information in the absence of a formal - and verified - support system (such as university, government, health authorities).
Otherwise, in the absence of a credible authority, body, (or person) to corroborate what you say, write, peddle, promote, I have to assume an agenda; you want my time, or my money, or my attention, or you want to peddle some agenda or conspiracy theory - and, frankly, I have neither the time nor the interest in such.
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Yea I've always been more of a listener than a talker. Years ago when I used to go in public, at least someone would strike up a conversation. Today forget it.I'm coming to the conclusion that nobody cares anymore what I have to say...
(This is what the final days of the world probably look like.)
Fwiw, I NEVER get any emails - including spam. And when I do get spam/phishing attack, I'm smart enough to know that it is such.
If someone ever sent me an email like I sent - and it was coming from a legitimate email address - then I would be happy to read it.
I remember the days long gone when that is how the world worked.
Now everyone is just pissed at everyone else, and no one wants to talk or listen or learn about anything.
(Of course people WILL piss away their lives endlessly on Facebook...)
You have to use some common sense and understand the context in which those emails are published. A business that displays an email to contact their sales department is okay with you asking them about sales. They are probably not going to read your opinions on the great classics of Russian literature.