Steemit is a strange animal. I was struck early on by automated robo-comments that seemed sincere, but something was not right - too generic, or it doesn't quite fit the context. I thought it was just a strategy to get a lot of followers, but often there was no one home at their blogs. Just copied science articles, food blogs, facts about animals, or flower photos.

I learned that comments and replies were the surest way to find the real people, and avoid the parasites using automation to skim rewards from the system. When I found communities of real people all actively talking to one another, I stuck around!