RE: Weekend Freewrite 02/10/2018 - Single Prompt Option
I will do this single! Thanks always @mariannewest.
And thanks for correcting the @zzulhas. I am personally put off with requests to follow.
Funny thing, you look up somebody's account and he/she has made 1 or 2, posts.
Why should i follow you? I think what most people don't appreciate is that to follow you requires that i should thereafter remain faithful, in the sense that i actually keep up with your steemit works, read and upvote/comment. otherwise, i can only just follow you and that is it.
The mistake most follower seekers make is to think that just following is enough. Actually, that is the least important part, follower value comes only when those who follow you keep up with your posts. And they can only keep up when you post quality and regularly, and engage....
Otherwise, they are only useful for cosmetic purposes! And i think, i know, is probably the correct word, that the lowest common denominator for all of us here at steemit, at the end of the day, is to gain value, monetary or otherwise.
You should know, i find no use for followers who never really engage in my works, either by upvoting or commenting.
Is it that my posts/works don't deserve their upvotes? lets say that is so. But is it also true that it does not deserve their comments? That is not true. In deed, it seems to me that any post that does not deserve an upvote-all other factors such as bandwidth, voting power...-constant, by default, deserves a comment, a productive critique, a word of encouragement, an advice, a clue, a guide....Just as you just did with @zzulhas.
What i am trying to say, overall, is that a lot more needs to be done insofar as the follower craze is concerned. Because, how for example, do you explain following 50,000 people in a period of one or two months? Even steemit early adopters don't follow that many.
I notice, it all comes down to follower bots! And the mentally stems from the gamble, which unfortunately seems to work, that those you have followed, will follow back.
In due time, a thousand 0.01$ of their mindless upvotes accumulate to give you some monetary value.
It is selfish as it adds no value to the platform, and ultimately counterproductive to steeemit as a platform, but that is the reality we now have, and have to contend with.
Hopefully, we sooner come to find ways around cubing such vices.
Thank you for your very thoughtful comment. There are many here who want to apply tactics they might have used on Twitter to this platform. And many, who open lots of accounts and then spam.
That is why I have a response prepared and whenever I see one, I will give them a chance.
Some just don't know and with a bit of help become very good Steemians.
If they plagiarize, we can report them to steemcleaners.
https://discord.gg/XMSQZjm
Keep on doing the good work you do. I think by educating the ones who want to do good here and ignoring the ones who are just annoying and reporting the ones who are doing harmful and/or illegal things we will eventually have a great platform.
That does, i agree.
And one more thing, i often try to do, which i trust is the right thing, in deed, the best indicator of being a good follower, is to ensure that first thing you do when you log into yout account, is to run to your feed, to look up the works of those you follow, and to share in. I think this a very good etiquette. Difficult by the way, as we always in the rush to post. But I think it is the proper thing to do, that is, if you wish to be a valuable follower, one worth being followed in turn. I am personally still not good at this, but i am lately trying to meet it as a daily goal. we all do well to try it out.
I think you are doing very well!! It is impossible to keep up with everyone, but we can at least visit once in awhile...