ML Researcher Gets Email Praising His Paper, Then Asking for a US Visa Support Letter
yoavgo · x · 2026-11-10
Yoav Goldberg shared an absurd email he received: the sender claimed to have read his paper "with great interest," then immediately pivoted to asking him to write a support letter for their US visa application. His reaction: "did this ever work?" Template-style requests like this are a familiar annoyance in academia, and the post resonated with fellow researchers.
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