Josh Strange on AI pitch emails that open by replying to public comments
What happened
joshstrange, in a post on the Hacker News front page on Nov 9, described how emails replying to his blog and HN comments shifted over two years from useful exchanges to bulk pitching, and said LLMs make personalized marketing emails easier to generate. He had Claude check the relevant emails back to 2013 and listed cases that open with praise and an open-ended question to draw a reply, then turn to a product pitch or a request to talk. He now sends a short reply first and only engages once he confirms there is no sales intent, but he still will not take his public email address down.
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joshstrange 分享了过去 2 年收到的博客与 Hacker News 评论回复邮件从有效交流转向大量推销的经历，并指出 LLM 让个性化营销邮件更容易生成。他让 Claude 检查了自 2013 年以来的相关邮件，列举了先用赞美和开放式问题吸引回复、再转向产品推销或预约交流的案例。他如今先简短回复，确认对方没有推销意图后再深入交流，但仍不愿撤下公开的邮箱地址。
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