I feel you with gathering followers back in 2017-2018 being a lot easier, but maybe because it was also a lot harder to catch up with someone's posts while now if you access a community you have everything in one place from more people than one. If that makes sense, lol.
Anyway, thank you! I know it's not much in comparison with you, for example, who have almost double what I have, lol. But a goal achieved it's still a nice feeling! :)
Hugs from Romania. Hope you and you family are alright :D
Well, I totally agree that things are much better, fair and organized now on the chain than it was back in the old wild days of Steem but for some reason, building a fan base was easier back then...
In my particular case, I think hosting various contests and challenges has helped a lot. People like to participate where they can win something so to not miss out on the chance, they give you a follow :)
That makes sense. I wish I could host this kind of things more often but I was really discouraged by how it turned out 🥺
I know. Patience and persistence are the key. I have been hosting my contests for long years so now, they are quite well established, known and popular but I remember how frustrating it was to organize them in the first weeks and months when nobody knew about them and nobody participated in them :D :/
I can relate haha