RE: The Most Useless Post On Steemit
I think your tips are useful. Very informative post.
So I think I am going to upvote myself. A lousy 3 cents :)
In all seriousness, I feel your pain. But is part of the game. You are talking the 'Internet' here, bro. No rules, not manners, no nothing. Nobody feeling limited because of anonymity, no repercussions, every 12 yr old kid can be a 26 gorgeous girl and speaking/linking trash is free.
So it would be a bit idealistic to think that Steemit would not attract this kind of posters. I hope the effect will wear off over time. After all, posting does require some thinking. And thinking is hard.
To end with something to think about:
“The ugly and stupid have the best of it in this world. They can sit at their ease and gape at the play. If they know nothing of victory, they are at least spared the knowledge of defeat. They live as we all should live-- undisturbed, indifferent, and without disquiet. They never bring ruin upon others, nor ever receive it from alien hands. Your rank and wealth, Henry; my brains, such as they are-- my art, whatever it may be worth; Dorian Gray's good looks-- we shall all suffer for what the gods have given us, suffer terribly.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Yes, the internet tends to strip people of their common sense and civility sometimes. Steemit is very different though, at least until very recently, in that people who get it and do well here are usually conducting themselves using their best behaviour. The authors that last give more than they take from the platform.
Only recently have we seen more people who appear to be trying to take and give very little. I believe though that in time they will come to realise their tactics will not give them the rewards they thought they would and they will eventually lose interest.
Like you said;
Thanks for the Oscar Wilde quote. It is something to think about.