I don't know anything about the man, but based on what you say here, it could be both true and effective manipulation. Being confessed to makes people tend to trust someone more, ironically. https://www.seeker.com/embarrassed-youve-won-more-trust-1765451856.html
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It makes sense. You assume if they were honest about that, they might be honest about other things.
My main observations remain that he is pursuing a rather ineffective strategy if his goal is to simply profit at any cost (pumping tons of rewards from posts into FB adds for Steemit, divulging certain info, etc.) and his personality is right in line with what you'd call a typical success story for drug rehabilitation therapy (ie. almost delusionally positive at times).
Beyond that, I couldn't say.
Yeah. Can I say an awful thing? Sometimes I'm envious of people who have struggled with and overcome addiction. They're demonstrably better off than they were during their addictions. Sometimes it's hard for me to see if my life is on a peak or in a valley.
Of course, I'm glad I don't suffer from addictions. And I respect how difficult that struggle can be. And I'm sure that from inside their lives, it doesn't actually look like that. But occasionally, I'll just imagine reassuring myself by noting that at least I'm not smoking anymore, and then I'll remember that I never did, really, so it's not like I've accomplished anything ever.
That's darker than I meant it to be.
Your thoughts are much appreciated.
You should check out Jerry's new post, I'd say it's directly relevant to the discussion we've been having.
Could you link to it? I don't know the man's info.
Sure, here it is:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@jerrybanfield/i-need-help-1500257345-464134
Thanks for sharing. Yeah. I think what's important is that people believe he's really having these problems, but upvoting is not probably the best way to help him resolve his problems. You'll see my advice in that comment thread.
On that note, you may notice that is one of his lower paying posts recently so far.
This right here. Thats good. Followed :)