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How to ask for permission to use readers' endorsements? I have a blog with long, analytic articles. Because of their nature, they don't really attract much clicks. However, once people distill it thoroughly, many of them express that the articles are interesting and bring fresh perspectives. This includes some opinion leaders in their fields. Some of them... (more) |
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What topics can be used when meeting my readers? I understand that I need not to be anxiety about any meetup - just come there and the conversation will flow to itself. However, after two meetups with two of my readers, I realize that I was quite slow and passive. The reasons for this are probably: - I'm not an extrovert in general - My brain w... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #39572 |
Would including a compliment of an influencer in my promotion be perceived as pushy from the readers' perspective?
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| Edit | Post #39547 |
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So if I have such influential readers saying so, would it be OK to mentioning them when I advertise it? Do I need to ask for their permissions? Would this be perceived as too pushy? (more) |
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How to prove that my blog is just not average? In the question What can I ask my readers to help me and how?, a skeptical answer is provided: my blog which is about challenging existing dogmas is just an average. There are many cranky blog of social criticism out there, and while I disagree that my blog is one of them, I agree that I lack a measu... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #39549 |
I would argue that in many other cases, the majority does not have suitable experience, and thus they will also expose to their own fallacy as well (more) |
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There is no accept button? I'm a longtime Stack Exchange user. I wonder why this site doesn't have an accept button? (more) |
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| Edit | Post #39547 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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Notification cannot be marked as read I have a notification. I click on it, but the notification doesn't go away. This always happens. (After a while, it does disappear, but I don't know when.) For example, to get to the question There is no accept button?, I need to click on the notification. However, the badge doesn't go away after ... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #39546 |
I'm aware that there are many cranky blog of social criticism out there, and while I disagree that this blog is one of them, I agree that I lack a measurement to make this a concrete statement. For now, I can say that it provides a theoretical framework, and there are many thinkers and activists foll... (more) |
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| Comment | Post #39546 |
To provide more info, the blog is about debunking myth and misconceptions that people use to unconsciously nurture [learned helplessness](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMPzDiraNnA). So yes, I am making a movement. (more) |
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| Edit | Post #39545 | Initial revision | — | over 4 years ago |
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What can I ask my readers to help me and how? I have a growing non-fiction blog about challenging existing dogmas in my culture, and it has been attracting a good amount of readers. However its growth is still not optimal, as they just read or want to meet me, not really commit to help me. I don't want to be greedy or arrogant, but I think I can... (more) |
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| Edit | Post #39399 |
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| Comment | Post #39400 |
there is no accept button here?
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| Edit | Post #39399 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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When someone imports their content from Stack Exchange, would the imported questions be new questions in here? By "new questions in here", I mean it's like 20 new questions of that new user flood up the homepage at one time. (more) |
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A: How do I say that someone is black? It seems that you want to want to say the simple fact, but afraid that people will be sensitive for that. In that case, you can allude to the skin color by mentioning their origin first. So if it doesn't affect your story much, say that he is a Kenya person, and people will take the skin color for gr... (more) |
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A: The stages of writing - what are they? Cognitively, there is none! On the surface, there are stages that other answers have provided, and by all mean stick to them as a checklist to know where you are, and to be confident when others ask you "how is your work?". But ideas just come and go. Today you will be so exciting for figuring out a... (more) |
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A: How to get my book taken seriously as a teenager? The age does matter. It matters so much that even the author has to worry about it before their audience. This is not the time where discrimination is proudly accepted. This is the time where everyone acknowledges their implicit discrimination, and try their best to minimize this as much as possible.... (more) |
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A: What can publishers do for me in a niche market? Inspired by David Aldridge's answer, I think the value that a publisher can give you is to set the high standard for your book. That's why they are a publisher. It's not about doing trivial tasks that everyone can do. (more) |
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When to not using SI symbols for units? In the book What If?, the author usually write the unit as kilometer, atmosphere, megawatt instead of km, atm, MW. However he does use the symbols in the drawings:  In one line both mm and millimeter are even used together: enter i... (more) |
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How to indicate that another point is mentioned withou explicitly saying that? In the email I'm writing there are three separate points. The last two ones are not so long so that each of them can fit in a single paragraph. However, the first one is needed to be split into two paragraphs. Because it's the most important point, I want to put it on top. Q: How can I indicate that... (more) |
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Should I put diagrams into a formal essay? I have asked a question like this before in Workplace, but this time is only about diagrams specifically, and on formal work generally. Some answers in there say that I can use the Venn diagram if I make it less childish (drawing by a program, not by hand). I really like to increasing productivity a... (more) |
— | about 9 years ago |
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In a formal writing, does having a paragraph rewritten by another person make the style change noticablely? I am writing a personal statement to apply to a grad school. At first, I thought that because the role of this statement is to show an image of me as a person, using the tone I usually use when blogging - which uses a lot of idiom and rhetoric - is acceptable (even preferable). However, when I asked ... (more) |
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A: Tools to help me write SOPs for graduate school I would recommend you to hire the proofread service, or exchanging language with native friend. Human are far better than machines, at least now. (more) |
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What is the fine line between "confidence" and "presumption"? I am about to apply to a grad school, and I have prepare the SOP for it (think it like a cover letter to apply to a job). I know the rule: show what I've got, not tell how I think I'm cool. I've tried, as best as I can, to stick to this rule. I must emphasize that again: as best as I can. However, th... (more) |
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When should headers be used in writing? When I ask the Should I use hypophoras at the beginning of every paragraphs? question, Lauren Ipsum suggests me to organize things with headers while Kristina Adams advises me to avoid headers in order to make my writing more eloquent. I see both opinions can be right at the same time. I think these ... (more) |
— | almost 10 years ago |
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Should I use hypophoras at the beginning of every paragraphs? > Hypophora is a figure of speech in which a writer raises a question and then immediately provides an answer to that question. I am about to write a Statement of Purpose. In the SOP, I need to answer some questions: - What have you already done? - What are you working on now? - What might you want... (more) |
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How to indicate the topic has been changed without using words? I am writing an an article to share knowledge, not novel. Usually, when you change the current topic, at the beginning of the new paragraph you would like to use some transition words such as Addition, Next, etc. However, if you don't want to use those words, you need a stronger indicator to tell the... (more) |
— | almost 10 years ago |