If a stranger you had a great conversation with asks for your phone number, you think: [poll]
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Replying to @sehurlburt
I’d be legit confused. Here’s the email that everyone else gets and the messaging/social networks that I use professionally, but the bar for phone number is either you’re family or you have business necessity to be interruptive about a transaction in progress.
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Replying to @patio11 @sehurlburt
That policy makes sense, but doesn't it still come across as rude when you say it to someone?
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Replying to @mluby @sehurlburt
You generally don't have to give people reasons for preferences/business processes and so I don't unless I think it will help. "What's your phone number?" "Email is the best way to reach me; it's still my first name at http://kalzumeus.com "
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"But for texting?" "International texting to [US/Japan] is expensive + unreliable; consider email or DMing on Twitter." "But for calling?" "Happy to Zoom/etc by appointment." "But for just a quick call?" "Time zones rule everything around me."
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