Timeline for Can I ask on the main question board about what are the recent research in some area?
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| Jul 19, 2013 at 6:27 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | Also: networking works two ways. I can think of people I've observed on MO who I would now be less likely to welcome or support in a professional basis, at least until certain things were changed | |
| Jul 19, 2013 at 6:25 | comment | added | Yemon Choi | The other problem, in my personal opinion, is that they attract people who are big on evangelism but less keen on correctness of details. | |
| Jul 19, 2013 at 2:47 | comment | added | Ryan Budney | One of the main problems with broad philosophical questions is they attract people who would rather just get into a long rhetorical discussion rather than people who are really invested in outcomes. | |
| Jul 19, 2013 at 2:35 | comment | added | The Masked Avenger | OK. Don't network, and don't look for people who can help. (By the way, it is in the original posters' interest to ask questions he/she cares about for this strategy to be effective. Also, no one is forced to go into a chat room, as far as I know.) | |
| Jul 19, 2013 at 2:30 | comment | added | Daniel Moskovich | I don't like this strategy. One should ask questions because one cares about the answers, not as bait to catch clients. | |
| Jul 19, 2013 at 2:26 | history | answered | The Masked Avenger | CC BY-SA 3.0 |