Gatekeeping by Comment: How to be helpful in technical discussions (without flexing) In tech communities, how we respond matters just as much as what we know. This post explores how certain types of replies, even well-intentioned ones, can unintentionally shut down dialogue. As a M…

4/4 Let’s build a community where curiosity wins over complexity, and collaboration beats commentary. emilymancini.com/2025/09/21/g...

3/4 It redirected to the roadmap, dropped some heavy jargon, and shut down the conversation.

So, I wrote a blog about it — not to call anyone out, but to call us in to share better practices. #MVPBuzz
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2/4 from collaborative to performative and that’s not the kind of community I want to help build as a Microsoft MVP.

💡 I recently saw a great LinkedIn post inviting dialogue around a new feature. Most replies leaned in. One reply… leaned way out. 🧵

In tech communities, how we respond matters just as much as what we know. One thing I’ve noticed is how often open, exploratory conversations get shut down by overly technical replies.

Sometimes it’s unintentional. Sometimes it’s a flex. Either way, it can shift the tone 🧵 1/4

Thanks for sharing! I think it’s such an important conversation that we create these open U’s not closed O’s. You’ve always been great at that 🫶🏻

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Missing the #ESPC24 party tonight to nurse a bad cold before I present on #UserResearch tomorrow but at least #SpotifyWrapped is here to entertain me. All reggaeton, all the time 💕

Thrilled to see Sean Squires on the big stage at #ESPC sharing solutions like autofill columns to support managing metadata. The better your #InformationArchitecture is, the better your #Search results and #Copilot outputs will be 🤩

The week is finally here - it’s time for @espccommunity.bsky.social! Loved seeing feedback mechanisms to #Copilot in #Outlook for email message prioritization in the keynote

Thanks, Marc! My last trip here was with you for SEF. I remember going to Lisa Elmqvist with you and @toddklindt.bsky.social 🍤 Meal and a show of “what will Todd eat?” 😂

I think it welcomes more people to explore their technical abilities as well when we focus on language about our approach 🧠 As an information architect, there may be some low code and pro code solutions that interest me though I am primarily no code.

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