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by brugeman 2191 days ago
It definitely is a variation of that belief. Could you elaborate on why it is mistaken?

I think: 1. Whether something is valuable can only be discovered if you try to set a price and sell it. Until then, you can not know. 2. LinkedIn has big part of it's business selling 'InMail' at around 2$ per piece. So clearly some people's attention is so important that strangers do pay money to send them mail.