Tom Foremski of Silicon Valley Watcher received so many emails (more than 37k at the time) and most of them from PR pros that he tried an experiment – he asked PR pros to only pitch him via Facebook.

After two months, Tom received even more emails so he’s decided to go back to accepting pitches via email. Unfortunately his experiment didn’t work. He will now give priority to pitches from those he’s connected to via Facebook or LinkedIn.