Online dating brought us ghosting. That is, communicating and/or dating someone then just disappearing — a totally cut-off in communication.
Marc Thiele is feeling that in email.
… a lot of people simply don’t reply to emails/messages these days any more. I get that emails can be exhausting at times, but really, I am answering any email I get. Sometimes late, but I answer.
The reason for this is that I always try to imagine myself. Not getting an answer leaves you with questions like “Did the message arrive or did it end up in spam?”, “Did I say something wrong and upset her/him?”.
There’s no law that you have to, but if you’re shooting for success of any kind, just not answering is almost never going to be part of the path there.
I can remember specific no-reply emails I’ve sent and and thought, oh well, wouldn’t wanna work with them on anything. It’s similar to dating: if that’s how they treat people, it’s probably a dodged bullet.
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