GoKawiilBlogger documents rise of AI-written deceptive pitch emails disguised as questions
A writer analyzed years of emails received in response to blog posts and Hacker News comments and found that what used to be genuine, thoughtful outreach has shifted mostly to disguised sales pitches. He describes a recurring pattern where senders open with a personalized compliment and an innocent-seeming question, only to pivot into promoting their own product once he replies at length.