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Discussion on: It *IS* possible to get a voice here! [tips to grow on DEV.to + a mini rant!]

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Lou Cyx

Oh yeah, I'm not saying asking for likes/follows doesn't work, that's definitely a personal opinion. I avoid it because I don't like it. I might try adding something like "you can follow me to know when the next post on this series is published" or something like that, to check if that helps with engagement.

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GrahamTheDev

Ah, get you now! 100% do it in a style that fits your personality and do what works for you! (unless your personality is like mine and really enjoy swearing, roasts and articled written with "venom", in which case maybe let just 50% of your personality out on somewhere like DEV...or get a ban like I did 🤣)

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Lou Cyx

Sometimes I get a low-quality flag, I get you.

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Ingo Steinke

Didn't even know that existed on DEV. I rarely report posts (only obvious spam with no dev aspect at all).

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Lou Cyx

Some of my posts have a few, but generally are folks being confrontational/hateful, or commenting something completely unrelated.

example