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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Do I write for the people who have little familiarity with the stuff I know about and thus lose the interest of my peers, or try hard to interest my peers, have fewer successes, and alienate the general public? This is the question that interrupts a lot of my writing.
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@Aella_Girl
I just went to a conference where I casually repeated an idea that's very normal/unimpressive in my circles, but the people I told it to were very impressed. And I felt weird, like should I say more unimpressive things to people who will be impressed? Will my peers disregard me?
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@thatMikeBishop
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@Aella_Girl
Establishing a niche and developing a reputation for it can be really valuable... I have some claim to forecasting expertise and I think there is a strong argument I should double-down on it rather than just write about whatever interests me in the moment.
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Blombolisi12
@BarryWa68295881
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@Aella_Girl
The correct course of action would be to get on twitter in order to validate your strongly held belief that you and your group of friends are smarter and more enlightened than everyone else, keep doin that
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@abovemeonlysky
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Pretty sure you have a strong competitive advantage in cross-fertilizing ideas between different social groups. Unimpressive doesn't mean bad, it means everyone in that circle got used to it.
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