socialization - by vincent huang - a slice of my mind
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vincent’s model of interacting with strangers
recently i was thinking about how incredibly unsuccessful i’ve been at making new friends in sf. i’ve probably met a few hundred new people over the last year, from a pretty wide range of contexts (coworking sessions, housewarming/birthday parties, workouts, science events, twitter, etc), and have managed to keep in touch with ~0 of them, with the exception of people who read this blog. it seems like people who first meet me through the internet find me much more interesting than people who first meet me in-person last weekend one of my friends told me she wished she had a more distinctive…
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