One nice thing about being a "slow emailer" is that there's a big perceived difference between responding in 1 vs. 2 days, but a relatively small difference between responding in 1 vs. 2 months. Takes the pressure off old correspondence.
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I feel a lot better about not following up on our last email for ~ 6 weeks now.
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do you have a notion of what the cost of being a slow mailer is? I'd imagine it's impossible for, eg., investors or media folks, but probably not that hard on you?
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It's something that'd vary enormously by role. I agree it's not something an investor or media person could generally do; I couldn't do it as part of a big team.
I'm sure some people get turned off by it, but in general I think it selects for the kind of correspondence I want.
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It also feels like you get a different channel of communication with email this way. You’d send some things in text but actively choose to email others. You feel like you’re sitting down at your 1700s writing desk.
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I was recently cleaning up my inbox (down to 90!) and answered some e-mails from 2008.
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