It’s sad that he’s left Nomadlist to rot. There is currently no way to see any billing info, no way to close your account, zero support, and the site is a broken ad-infested mess in multiple places.
We had a similar experience with Remote OK recently and had to chargeback because there is literally no way to contact anybody.
Investing a little in basic support goes a long way. The guy just needs to hire a few smart people to answer the bulk of inquiries.
It is really bad advice because sometimes people just want to share something useful with you. If you do not positively acknowledge those people, you will miss out on information that could gravely affect your life. They will stop trusting you and stop sharing it. Meanwhile, you will keep fighting your own fires without learning some better ways. Serendipity is not a useless concept either.
Contrary to this person's belief, the person appears to be a robot.
Still, Twitter is a very toxic place, now more than ever. So it's beyond to me why someone wanting to be "unreachable" still uses it - or any kind of social media, that is.
If I were that famous, had the resources and wanted to be "unreachable", I'd follow the Donald Knuth way - just an email that is managed by his secretary who would filter it and let me know just the absolutely important stuff.
I think one would use Twitter not for being 'reachable', but for the broadcasting/promotion side of it. Social media is still incredibly useful for that, and Twitter especially.
As for the 1 hour a day - he does say it's not -just- sex. It is not unreasonable to spend an hour a day cuddling/hugging/whatever with your partner, while, say, watching a TV show. That would count.
To be honest after reading that, I only come to the conclusion they're a bit antisocial.
> I'm not interested in collaborating, I like to work alone. Or with people I hire. If I hire people I find you, you don't need to message me.
How would you even know that if you never can be contacted?
> I'm not interested in fixing your printer or WiFi router.
I don't believe I've ever received an email with something like that as the subject. My email is pretty public and in some fairly prominent places.
> Unless it's Indiehackers or a podcast I listen to myself like Joe Rogan.
> Talk is cheap and ineffective while creating something is much more challenging and effective to make change in the world.
More elitism. It just reeks of "I am so good I don't need anyone else".
> Spending time with people that spark my curiosity.
How are you ever going to know that if you're totally unreachable. What I've learned in life is sometimes friends can be found in the most unlikely of places.
> I'm on Twitter too if you'd like to follow more of my stories
Like why, I understand having a blog but these days I cannot see any good reason to be on Twitter.
We had a similar experience with Remote OK recently and had to chargeback because there is literally no way to contact anybody.
Investing a little in basic support goes a long way. The guy just needs to hire a few smart people to answer the bulk of inquiries.