Emily Mancini
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Emily Mancini
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Founder & Executive Director @LeftUncharted 📚 Microsoft MVP & @M365PnP team 💻 NNg UX Master Certified 🎯 #M365Miami 🏝️
4/4 Let’s build a community where curiosity wins over complexity, and collaboration beats commentary. emilymancini.com/2025/09/21/g...
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…
emilymancini.com
September 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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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September 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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. 🧵
September 21, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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 🫶🏻
September 21, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Thank you so much! 🫶🏻
June 20, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Welcome back!
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January 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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?” 😂
December 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM
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.
December 1, 2024 at 12:47 PM