I frequently give people the advice to check out other people's blogs and add quality comments as a way to get more followers. It isn't about 'follow for follow' or any crap like that. It is about making connections with people in the community and getting noticed.
There are thousands of posts created each day. How many people are going to spend the time to dig through all of them and find stuff that is actually good / interesting to them? If you are expecting tons of people to come across your content just because it is good, the majority of the time you will be disappointed.
There are disingenuous people here, and they show themselves in all kinds of forms. Commenting on stuff just to get more attention is one of the many things they do. For the most part, I think that many users can tell the difference between people that are genuinely interested in their stuff vs. people that are just coming at it from a selfish perspective.
It is to bad that you interpret having to be interested in other people's blogs as a requirement to sell your soul. To me it just always seemed like a natural way to network + show that you are interested in other people besides yourself.
@timcliff Being here less than a month, I still understand the frustration of @son-of-satire I cannot say that I would express things in crude terms, as there comes the point in time to rise above the garbage. None of that diminishes from the issues at hand.
With the preface out of the way, I highly appreciate your comment. I already have experienced more genuine networking here on Steemit in just over three weeks than five years on LinkedIn. I am especially grateful for an individual with whom I have been engaging in direct chat who has lent her expertise at my request. Also, I get to communicate directly with a Homesteaders Community. There has also been wonderful dialogue with various individuals. No one is responsible for following me or to even upvote my comments and blog posts. It is my responsibility to make myself and my writings irresistible, so folks do not want to miss out on more.
I came here because I wanted a superior social media and I got it. The cryptocurrency is a bonus. Are the majority of folks sociopaths? Of course, they are. Can I change this fact? Only a fool would attempt. Blinders are not just for horses anymore.
Would have to agree with you about LinkedIn! Seems like the biggest waste of potential ever.
Hugely interested in homesteading and off da grid--followed! My ancestor way back founded a town in the run of Oklahoma, after his previous generations lived as wandering itinerant farmers in the south, so it must be in my blood. I'm currently living as an RV Nomad, trying to help others do the same.
@witnezme I did not realize that one of the members set up this link on another portion until just now. So, this should allow you to join. https://join.slack.com/t/steemithomesteaders/shared_invite/MjE0NTcyMDc3OTg5LTE1MDA0MDM4MTgtMDdkZDMwYTBmOQ
I really should have made a video instead, because yet again, I am misunderstood. I am not frustrated, and I certainly didn't mean to be crude. I just don't discriminate against language the way most people do. But, if I was upset, I don't think I would have opened with a joke and used "breast" as a tag for a bit of randomness lol.
This isn't about me being pissed off and rage quitting the platform. It's simply about me trying to spend my time more productively.
One day, not too long from now, you will see the irony in this that I can. Until then, I hope you're able to enjoy your time here as much as I enjoyed most of mine.
Yes, this, thank you Tim.
I am one of the people he's talking about in this post. I love him dearly, but on this point I can't seem to come across to him without seeming like I'm telling him to beg for votes, though that's not at all what I'm telling him to do. Just to comment on people and posts he likes, and it reminds them to take a look at him--that happens to me all the time. Someone will comment on my post and it's like "Oh yeah! You, I like you and what you have to say!" And so I go to their page and read and vote, but because I truly do enjoy them and I've just lost track of them for a time.
I hope at some point he can see this differently. I really do adore this man, and he knows it. And he's depriving people of his amazing thoughts (usually he has amazing thoughts lol)
I did not mean to offend. I have told you before that I don't like this way of doing things. I don't think I will be able to see it differently, but I won't be depriving the world of my thoughts. As I said, I will be continuing to create content, and hopefully, reaching a larger audience in due time.
You kind of brought up something in my mind. I think one of the problems here is how new content gets prioritized so quickly and old stuff gets almost entirely ignored. Also there's nice way to filter our feed or make lists of favorites without doing it manually. This makes supporting people you like a bit unnaturally sometimes.
Exactly! After all it is social media.
Same sentiment basically.
After reading his post, I have to ask myself, am I commenting now on your comment to try and gain a new follower? There might be a little bit of that, but so what if I am? I can say honestly that it doesn't make much difference to me if I don't gain a follower and that it's not my main intention for commenting. I'm not pretending to be someone I'm not, and I'm not wasting my time on someone who I have nothing in common with, i mostly comment on comments as posts that I am impressed by or where I have something to offer. There's bullshit everywhere, we have to look beyond it when there is substance to be found.
I can understand his decision to leave, I just hope he's really exhausted the possibilities and tried looking at steemit from a different angle cause I just found him today and he seems like the kind of person I want to meet here.
He did do a more recent post where he stated that he decided to stick around in some form.
I saw that, it I still felt a kind of resignation from steemit, if only emotional resignation.
#breast
That's a very interesting way to look at it. In fact, it makes me wonder if perhaps I am not interested in anyone other than myself, because I lost the desire to go looking for good content on here quite some time ago. It's somewhat paradoxical though, because the reason I want to create content is to help others, so clearly I do care about people other than myself. But, I suppose I am becoming more of a creator and less of a consumer, and so there isn't much of a place for me here anymore if reading shit you don't want to read is required.
I get what you are saying. I wouldn't say it is required, but if you are going to be a content producer (only) it is on you to find some way to drive traffic to your blog. Posting content (even if it is good) and just waiting for people to come to you doesn't cut it (in 99% of the cases at least). It isn't really specific to Steemit either. If you created your own website, whether it be a blog, or some other site that people would use for some purpose - the website will just sit there with pretty much zero traffic unless you can find some way to drive people there. On Steemit, there is the benefit of already having a large number of users using the platform. The challenge is how do you get them to notice your stuff? Seeing as it is a social platform, being social is generally the recommended approach. It is not the only way, but if it doesn't work for you to go that route, then it is on you to find some other way to accomplish the goal of getting people to notice you.
I understand all of this. I have made my efforts, and now I am moving on. I wasn't complaining or in a bad mood. I was only explaining to the people who follow me actively. There's no need for all of this, but I thank you for the effort.
Ok, take care.