When I see crew calls on Facebook, I often see that people comment on the post saying that they messaged or emailed the person who wrote the post. Is that a good idea? Or is sending the email or message that the person requests enough?
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I can't say it is the right or the wrong answer - but having written a few calls myself I find that reading comprehension goes a long way - if the post says to email a particular contact I would think that would be the best way. Since that is the expected filter route for the producer to see who is actually following instructions.
Though, there is the debatable notion of the practiced virtue of persistence.
From what I've seen, people comment to make sure the OP is aware of a message/email coming their way. Facebook is better about it now, but in the past messages from those who aren't your friend would go straight to an 'other' folder and get lost in the abyss. Now you receive a notification that "so-and-so wants to connect with you!" but even then, it's like people who don't answer the phone if they don't recognize the number - writing that quick 'sent you a message' comment helps identify yourself and your intent to them.
As for email, it might be so that the OP checks their spam folder if they don't see the email.