In the past when I got pitches (it did happen pre-LLMs, just far less) I was less annoyed because at least it seemed like a human had read enough of what I wrote but now I fear it's just

> Scan HN for comments related to <my product>, write an email referencing their comment, and end with an open-ended question that will set us up to pitch our product when they reply.

Even the cold emails I might be able to stomach but it not clear to me if any human ever read anything (my comment, my email replies, etc). Just depressing.