[dvh1990]

I get why someone may need tools like this, especially if they are in sales or a similar profession, but I can't help thinking how disingenuous this is.

Moreover, it's easy for me to sniff out and block people who try to keep me "engaged" with systems like this.

If you want to engaged me, I hope you have a specific reason to do so.

If I want to engage you I will just do it and you can bet that I won't waste your time on idle chit-chat.

Otherwise, I have friends and family that don't get enough of my time as it is.

[jjice]

I could see this being useful for friends that I haven't seen or don't have the opportunity to see. When I was in school, I interned in a few different states over the Summers, working with and meeting a ton of great people. We aren't best friends by any means, but I'd like to know how Chris is doing, ya know? We both know we're just acquaintances at this point, but I like catching up with them once and a while, and it's easy to forget otherwise.

> If I want to engage you I will just do it and you can bet that I won't waste your time on idle chit-chat.

Probably a difference in personality between us, since I find the idle chit-chat kind of nice, but I can absolutely understand being on the other end.

[avgcorrection]

Sales wants to sell you something. This guy wants to get in contact with people for its own sake.

One could imagine a salesperson just thinking about a potential customer and then calling them immediately. No CMS involved. Just like how you could randomly think of a friend and call them. The respective motivations are still the same.

The “just do it” distinction is meaningless w.r.t. intent. You’re just being uncharitable.