4. Leveraging social networks

Specialized groups on social networks such as LinkedIn or Facebook can help you discover interesting contributors. However, you need to be wary of the phenomenon of self-promotion, which can motivate contributors to publish content that is sometimes superficial or uninteresting.

The Twitter and LinkedIn networks are particularly well-suited to identifying sources, as many professionals, academics and researchers are present and active there.

Here again, serendipity takes pride of place: starting with a relevant Twitter profile, for example, you can explore its followers and subscriptions and discover other interesting profiles.

Searching by profile similarity in LinkedIn is also useful for identifying profiles in professions or sectors related to a given profile.

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