Ask HN: How often do you get contacted via HN?

The bulk of these have been mostly positive followup questions to comments I've posted here. I admit that in a few cases I've dropped the ball and not gotten back to people. I do apologize for that.

I've also received two or three negative e-mails from people who didn't like my comments/posts, which is a little odd, as I don't tend to be too controversial on here. One of these was I think prompted by a misunderstanding of the message I was trying to convey. I would have responded but the person in question was using an e-mail anonymizer which didn't support return messages.

The most impactful relationship I've formed via HN was when I contacted Sebastian Macke to discuss my networking setup for jor1k. We don't speak to one another often, but since I still happily maintain the server which supplies network access to the jor1k demo we do contact one another every now and then.

I dedicate atleast one lunch a week to going out for coffee with someone who wants some mentoring, had mixed results with this. About half the people I have coffee with come from HN.

About once a month a blogger/reporter will read something I wrote and ask to do an interview about said topic.

People want to talk and learn, but its up to you to reach out and get things started.

So maybe 35 times a year?

I have a standing policy to answer everyone who reaches out to me through HN because I enjoy talking with people and making new connections.