This was discussed[0] at great length nearly 950 days ago. A great comment from PG[1] was:<p><pre><code> Be brief and say what you want.
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As I say, the discussion is long, although subsequent submissions of the same item[2][3] got no love at all.<p>A related item is "How to Get Busy People to Take Action When You Send an Email." That's also been submitted several times[4][5][6], but not got any discussion at all.<p>[0] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2532955" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2532955</a><p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2533379" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2533379</a><p>[2] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4621604" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4621604</a><p>[3] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4589543" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4589543</a><p>[4] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6832732" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6832732</a><p>[5] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6451658" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6451658</a><p>[6] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6274627" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6274627</a>