[nicbou]

Gratitude goes a long way.

My job puts me on the receiving end of a lot of gratitude, and I absolutely adore it. It's one of the main perks of the job. After experiencing it, I have become a lot more lavish in my praise, and frequently email people to thank them for their work. Most of them are very appreciative of it, especially when they make their work freely available.

[skeeter2020]

>> I’ll contact someone if I loved their book or music or work. I’ll find a way to contact the author or the creator and say, “Holy shit. That was brilliant. I loved it. This was amazing. Count me as a fan.”

>> I’ve done this about 20 times. I never got a response only once or twice, but the rest responded warmly. Many of these people have turned into friends. We actually call each other on the phone and shoot the shit. A couple of them have even turned into best friends.

more here: https://sive.rs/2020-04-email

[_kb]

Highly recommend any work that has a non-trivial creation/publishing threshold, regardless of medium or domain.

To tie the back to a HN context - this works great for academic papers. I've had some great email exchanges from original authors including a few people I've absolutely idolised. Turns out they're human too.

[thunky]

> Gratitude goes a long way.

It sure does.

And lack of gratitude goes a long way in the wrong direction. Big time demotivator.