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Some ideas:
- Try posting at different times of day. Not everyone is in the same timezone as you.
- Post about STEM subjects, or go to an instance tailored to what you want to discuss.
- Look at which hashtags are popular to see what topics might be interesting to a wider audience.
- Go back and delete your "if you like X, don't talk to me" posts.
- Participate in other threads to advertise your presence so others know to follow you.

Seconding @design_RG, good luck!

@khird

I think most of the issue is just that Snow uses harsh exclusionary language. It drives most people away.

@snow @design_RG

@freemo

I think you have a point there - maybe it's unintentional, a cultural thing, a difference of language but I do see some of that aspect.

Since I know Snow from other talks here I know it's not meant to offend, but it could be perceived otherwise by other people.

This thread was quite active too, so something worked on this case! :)

@khird @snow

@design_RG

Its how I perceive it. I need to consciously fight disliking snow when I read it, and then i tell myself that english isnt her first language, and well, I could always be misunderstanding. But the way its worded and my gut reaction is always like "wow did she really just say that".

Like you said though I think its mostly just a language thing, but I'm not sure. She seems well meaning, just has different culture too so I have to be mindful of the fact that there is some of that there I need to understand first.

Either way my point is, to a native english speaker, it doesn't translate too well sometimes :) but I love ya anyway.

@khird @snow

@freemo @khird @snow

Seems that Snow could take these comments and reflect on them. I do believe its a cultural and linguistical difference thing. We do value your contributions!

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