Thanks, I didn’t take into account that people might read this as an encouragement to randomly message people on Lesswrong. And thanks for giving me more clarity about the implicit norms here.
To clarify: The person likely found my mail address on my homepage, where it is exactly for the reason that I’m generally happy to be contacted by strangers.
Ah, that’s important context. Putting your contact info on your public website is an invitation to be contacted. It’s probably best to specify there (perhaps on a “contact me” page, which has your info AFTER this) under what conditions you’d like to connect.
Thanks, I didn’t take into account that people might read this as an encouragement to randomly message people on Lesswrong. And thanks for giving me more clarity about the implicit norms here.
To clarify: The person likely found my mail address on my homepage, where it is exactly for the reason that I’m generally happy to be contacted by strangers.
Ah, that’s important context. Putting your contact info on your public website is an invitation to be contacted. It’s probably best to specify there (perhaps on a “contact me” page, which has your info AFTER this) under what conditions you’d like to connect.