My policy has been keeping the door open, signposting ~50% reply rates, explicitly encouraging people to help prioritize by e.g. re-pinging, turning common good questions into public artifacts, and attempting to accept the implications of scarcity while doing one's best.
This is a question everyone who works in public has to deal with sooner or later, and there are a variety of strategies for it. I generally support people making whatever tradeoffs make sense for their situation, but since the world benefits from more transparency here, *tweet*.
"About how much email do you get?"
On the order of 10 non-trivial emails a day. Heavily variable depending on degree of public activity, various cycles relevant to my audience and institutions which matter to them, etc.
"About how much time have you spent on this?"
~Xk hours.
On the order of 10 non-trivial emails a day. Heavily variable depending on degree of public activity, various cycles relevant to my audience and institutions which matter to them, etc.
"About how much time have you spent on this?"
~Xk hours.
"Wait thousands of hours."
Yes, over ~15 years, very approximately.
"That many?"
Some people golf or watch TV. I have weird hobbies.
"That few?"
It has been occasionally rumored that I am sometimes not on the Internet. I sometimes feel guilty, but that feels suboptimal.
Yes, over ~15 years, very approximately.
"That many?"
Some people golf or watch TV. I have weird hobbies.
"That few?"
It has been occasionally rumored that I am sometimes not on the Internet. I sometimes feel guilty, but that feels suboptimal.
