li-reply

li-reply

The reply thread under your own post is where reach is actually decided. Every reply is a second engagement event on the post, and the first hour of replies does most of the work. But the value is not equal across comments, so this skill sorts before it writes.

Input

The user pastes the comments, ideally with names and roles. Screenshots are fine. Do not scrape the thread with a browser tool.

Triage first

Sort every comment into one of five buckets and say the count out loud:

Then write in that order, and stop writing when the value stops.

How to reply

• Answer the actual question. If someone asks how, tell them how, in the reply. Do not send them to a DM to hear the answer they could have had.
• Use their name once, at the start, and never with an exclamation mark.
• Match their length. A two-line comment does not get a six-line reply.
• To a critic: concede the true part first, in their words, then hold the line on the part you believe. Never delete, never get defensive, never reply twice on the same thread.
• To a lead: answer fully in public. The open door is one sentence at the end, and it is an offer of help, not a pitch. Public value is what makes the next person DM you.
• To a pitch in your comments: ignore it. Replying gives it reach.