RE: [Steemit Tip] Don't Miss The Forest For The Trees On Steemit!
Excellent write up with much truth here.
I agree, Steemit has a bright future and the value of steem can only rise. I joined last December and blogged like crazy and got some followers. My work is seasonal and so had to stop during the summer. When I returned I noticed a lot had stopped supporting me so it seems you have to be regular or there are consequences. I have been blogging again because I love to do it and will try to find a way to continue during the summer. What is strange, even though I apparently have a lot of followers, there are very few who actually upvote my posts. This is a mystery to me and is somewhat disheartening. In the mean time I have trying to support new people who come onto the steemit platform as a way of encouragement.
Upvoted and followed.
Thank you for your comment, and for the upvote and follow!
Good to know that you have resumed blogging. However, follower behavior can be a bit unpredictable depending upon where and how they started following you. For example if you got those followers through your posts appearing in the feed, it means that they are purely organic followers who are interested in what you blog about.
If you have got them through your comments on posts that may not have been one of your main blogging niches, they would be organic followers but may not go through your content since it might be outside their area of interest.
Lastly, there are quite a few users who follow members randomly in the hope that they will be followed back. Unfortunately, in my personal experience, these form the bulk of followers I guess for almost everyone, and that is why the number of upvotes as compared to the total number of followers is dismal.
Some bloggers always have trending and hot posts, mainly because they are upvoted by automated systems that are programmed to vote on posts of "favorite authors" of the people making those upvotes. Two factors play an important role when someone decides to give automatic upvotes to an author's posts. One is voting power and the other is the frequency of posts. Hope it is a bit clear now.
Following you now.
Yes much clearer and very well explained and I thank you for taking the time to do that. Much appreciated. Be sure to know I will "actively" follow your posts and support you. I found you by accident but it was a pleasant one.