Upvoted... Thank you for this post. It was a must read for me. May I ask you for an upvote... Hahahaha just kidding. May I ask you for some direct advice?
I never do the f4f thing, it is lame and you are right when people pester me on steemitchat and tell me to resteem something before I even read it is annoying and I avoid them.
But is it ok to ask "upvote, and follow if I have earned it". And asking people to resteem for the purpose of getting an important message out there as my minnow posts sink out of visibility very fast. I have 344 followers that I gained organically. And I am really battling against the self voting and follower harvesting practices.
And another point you made I like is that I have had to give up on the notion of making big money here. That may come as a bonus. But blogging with passion must come first. if you have a look at @yoda1917 it shows that I'm not really earning, but I keep going.
Hey any wisdom from you will be appreciated.
Thank you in advance :)
May the STEEM be with you
This is for you ;)
Asking people to upvote or resteem your post inside your own post is not the same thing as what I'm describing here. I'm talking about people self upvoting themselves for just saying, "thank you" or " great post". It's just wrong and greedy.