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Neela 🌶️'s avatar

In Trinidad, we have something called mini buses. It didn't matter that we were strangers, but once you hop on the minibus, you tell everyone good morning, and they would reply. Hopping off - you wish everyone a good day, and they will respond. When I moved to NYC in 2003, I hopped on the subway using the same approach. Yes, I got some weird ass stares, but I did this consistently for two weeks. I took the same train every day at a specific time. Eventually, people started responding, and miraculously, I made a few friends. The point is empathy and respect are such rare in this community these days, so if you have them in excess, just use them. Thank you for the feature today. I have been having a really horrible week on the personal side, but this absolutely cheered me up. Thank you a million times over, Mack.

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Urmila Menon/ Human🌻's avatar

I am liking article after article thanks to that brilliant tactic of yours of linking a related post under the article. Coming back to this article, my audience is people who know me or know of me. It's pretty diverse from school mates to people I met at a networking event to a teaching assistant I once had. I still have no clue on what clicks with them. That's also because my content is a reflection of what's going on in my head as I experience life, which is evolving every minute. I write to express my views, but of course I don't intend to speak into the void always. I wonder if you have any recommendations for nascent accounts like mine? I am sure I need to interact with similar niches and slowly build the engagement but other than that, would you have any other sparkle bombs? I am also realising that what I have currently in my 100+ subs is basically an audience:( Sheesh!

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