I am somehow just seeing this and am so blown away by your kindness and thoughtful remarks! Being mentioned next to the brilliant and amazing @meno is compliment enough.
I love the message of this post. Be yourself... follow your joy... and the rest follows. Awesome points about those who try to automate their steem experience too. You can't just post and run on here and hope to do well. Sometimes they will garner whale or dtube votes because of the quality - but it never lasts if they aren't engaged in the community.
Thanks for the thought provoking and well thought out post!
Aw thanks @coruscate, glad you're diggin' it. I really do look up to you guys! It's unbelievable how much time and care you put into your role here. It's impressive to say the least.
This post is spot on good advice. Be yourself, authentic, passionate about what you're into and connect with and grow communities. Do it consistently and results will come.
Thanks, you're the man @luzcypher! Another phenomenal example of someone who made Steem his own, and created one of the most highly participated/paying out contests on the platform thus far. Any one of us would do well to take a page or two out of your book!
Thanks for stopping by dude!
You're too kind. Having fun is really important to me and doing Open Mic is exactly that, fun. This whole social media experiment we call Steemit is a blast really, as long as you don't get into the flag wars and name-calling BS one sees flaring up on here from time to time. All part of the experiment I suppose. Humans, being humans, can veer away from fun sometimes and get downright vicious. Me, I'm more like a plant, I lean towards the light.
Totally agree with you there man. If you can find a way to have a good time here, I think everything else kind of just falls into place as a byproduct of that.
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