(IJCH) Rant: Begging for Upvotes and Follows! (Humor)
(IJCH) Rant: Begging for Upvotes! (Humor)
IJCH - Inside JaiChai's Head (meaning: My warped, personal opinions and musings)
From the Author:
Salutations.
I am JaiChai.
And if I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you before, I'm delighted to make your acquaintance now.
Huh? What? Seriously?...Oh No You Di-int! (An Uncomfortable Situation)
Many of us have been subjected to "begging" here on Steemit. And if you haven't, odds are that sooner or later, you will.
I remember when a reader clearly appeared to be begging for (or should I say, "demanding") an upvote and a reciprocal follow without contributing at all to the discussion.
Since I was still very new on Steemit at the time and it was the first time for me to be exposed to a situation like that, I must confess that I felt rather uncomfortable.
So, without being cruel or arrogant, I decided to treat it as a naive Noob faux pas - or simply an innocent cultural misunderstanding.
Besides, maybe it was just a common, non-malicious linguistic miscommunication?
That's when I decided to put on my benevolent mentor hat and give friendly advice.
I replied to his comments with this:
I am following you for now.
Don't let me down, ok?
Just create and post quality content and I will upvote you.
Although I think I understand what you are trying to communicate, many others will not.
Most Westerners dislike situations when someone appears to be asking for something that is not earned.
For example, attempting to gain upvotes and followers through coercion, social manipulation, appeals to philanthropy, etc. - instead of earning them.
How do you earn them?
How do you get others to willingly reward you with an upvote and a follow?
By submitting quality posts, posting relevant comments to other author's posts; or by posting meaningful contributions on the comment stream.
Otherwise, many people, myself included, will get annoyed and avoid anyone that exhibits the "entitlement mentality" - the belief that one deserves something that one did not legitimately earn.
Some may become more than perturbed at the behavior of those with the "entitlement mentality" and even get hostile.
But I feel that you do not harbor this "entitlement mentality" and just need more experience.
Hopefully, I am right about that feeling.
If you must mention upvotes and following, here's a suggestion? Why don't you end your comments with "upvoted and following" and/or "upvoted and continuing to follow"?
Try it out.
I predict you will get more upvotes, followers and if you're lucky, make some new online friends.
Never forget that Steemit is a social media platform.
And in my humble opinion, the best. So, if you want to be successful, BE SOCIAL.
Good luck.
Namaste,
JaiChai
(End of my reply)
My Questions
How do you think I did?
What do you think about the reply that I crafted?
Was it assertive, yet appropriate?
What would you do when confronted with this scenario?
I'm totally open to suggestions!
Epilogue: WTF!?
Anyway...
Well, after feeling all proud of myself with my friendly advice, guess what happened next?
Not five minutes after posting that reply to that first wayward, demanding reader, I got another one!
And that one effectively raised the bar on the rudeness and ignorance scale!
By JaiChai
Parting Shot
"Upvotes, Followers, Upvotes, Followers! Their mine! All mine!"
(This is a revised, edited version of: https://steemit.com/steemit/@jaichai/ijch-upvotes-followers-and-the-entitlement-mentality-props-to-jonesteemit)
Thanks for stopping by.
About the Author
Believing that school was too boring, he dropped out of High School early; only to earn an AA, BS and MBA in less than 4 years much later in life – while working full-time as a Navy/Marine Corps Medic.
After 24 years of active duty, he retired in Asia.
Since then, he's been a full-time, single papa and actively pursuing his varied passions (Writing, Disruptive Technology, Computer Science and Cryptocurrency - plus more hobbies too boring or bizarre for most folk).
He lives on an island paradise with his teenage daughter, longtime girlfriend and three dogs.
If you enjoyed my post, kindly: Upvote, Follow, Comment and Resteem.
"I appreciate all your support."
I admire your attempt, but am not surprised at the outcome. As a newb, I have seen a lot of newbs making very little effort and hawking for upvotes. I don't know what they are thinking - perhaps that if they do it enough, them they will get a vote every now and again. I would think though that they are far more likely to be muted...
Too many people want something for nothing these days...
@matbaker,
Thanks so much for visiting and submitting a cogent comment.
I think I was swimmin' against the tide on that issue, no?
May you and yours be well and loving life today.
Namaste,
JaiChai
@originalworks
@steem-untalented
#untalented
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