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Question I'm 1. too embarrassed to have a conversation with my professors about: (I may have asked this before, I know I've at least thought of asking).

Would you cite social network posts (eg: the fediverse, tumblr) to prove there's demand (eg: significance of research) for something in, say, a proposal?

2. my professors have been busy, and have been slow to get back to me on other things I've needed, so I don't want to inundate them.