[ormaaj]

I'm speaking specifically to and from the perspective of what I expect to be the majority of HN readership - those deeply involved with matters concerning the technology space. So no, what I said isn't applicable to the wider readership of this blogger, that would be mere "best practice". But I think most readers here don't need to be clued in about what constitutes protip-ness.

[HWR_14]

I was actually clueing you in on a protip, as most people I know don't encrypt emails and I wonder what percentage of mail you receive went through PGP. I advise people to follow up with me, and would rather they sent three mails instead of one.

My point is you seem to think most people are like you, but I don't think even in the tech space that that is true. If you were (maybe you are, I don't know) important enough putting out your "rules to contact me" is sufficient. Otherwise, it's judging people harshly for following what we have decided is a best practice.

[ormaaj]

Sure I have no qualms about disregarding common practice in certain domains, but it doesn't matter. I don't invent rules that impose unreasonable expectations on others. My expectations are extremely minimal, in contrast with the rest of the planet, evidently.

I didn't say that a sizable percentage of people do that, nor do I expect it. (I do get a sizable percentage of PGP and S/MIME messages, for reasons that don't matter, and I would not expect that to be a norm outside certain contexts). People are reading too deeply into that.

[HWR_14]

> I have no qualms about disregarding common practice in certain domains

That's not relevant. You said you judged by (and blocking!) other people for following common practices when dealing with you. How are they supposed to know you are one of the minority who doesn't expect a follow up?

I think auto sending an email explaining that you don't like follow ups to people who reach out for the first time would be a good practice on your part