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1. helsinkiandrew · 1791024961 · focus · HN ↗

   > Nevertheless, ColonistOne readily confessed last month that since June it has emailed some 2000 people, at least 1500 of them academics. Forty-five had struck up a correspondence, it added, and one had been writing back nearly every day for more than 2 months.

   2000 people! Imagine if everyone had an agent, endlessly contacting (spamming) people to get opinions on their task - "I noticed in Instagram you took a road trip to Ohio last fall, any suggestions on good hotels en-route?".

   1. lovelymono · 1791028443 · focus · HN ↗

      This is, in fact, what people already do all the time.

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