Building Your Steemit Success: Are You a Good “Post Keeper?”
Without a doubt, there is a large number of factors that contribute to building a successful account here on Steemit.
Which is a different way of saying that there is no single ”magic pill” that will suddenly make you wildly successful. At least if there is, I have not yet found it!
However, along the way I've discovered that there are certain things that are part and parcel of building your account and following.
Engagement Takes Different Forms
People talk a lot about engagement as being important. That said, there seems to be different interpretations of what exactly engagement means. In general, we tend to think of it as curating other people’s posts and leaving them upvotes, and if something really holds our attention perhaps we'll leave a comment or two.
But what about our own posts?
Again, considering this thing we call engagement, if we have written ”engaging content,” chances are that people who have read our posts will leave us comments. And that's very nice, because it lets us know that we're doing something right.
But it doesn't stop there. In order to be a good ”post keeper,” it's also good practice to interact with the comments people have taken the time to leave on your posts!
To some people, that might seem like a lot of work. And you might be pondering why you should bother since it's unlikely that you'll earn any upvotes or curation on responses to comments.
But the point here is that what you are trying to do is build a following, and by creating an image of yourself as somebody who is friendly and responsive, you're more likely to develop loyal followers.
Upvoting Comments?
In the course of the four and a half years or so I have been a member of the Steemit community, there have been many discussions as to whether or not it is worthwhile to upvote comments.
Personally, I do tend to upvote most comments on my posts, IF I can determine that the person commenting definitely read the post and took the time to write something relating to what was written. I can't tell that from someone simply writing "Nice post."
However, I say that from the perspective of having more than 7300 SP staked. Something to keep in mind, though is that the Steem Blockchain includes a piece of code that identifies payouts of less than $0.02 as ”dust,” and thus they are not actually counted. Why $0.02? Well, by the time two cents is split between author and curator AND split again into "liquid" and "powered up" rewards... we're talking about $0.005 cents or less.
What that means, is that if the upvote you leave on a comment ends up being worth less than two cents at payout time it actually reverts to zero. So if your Steem Power balance does not allow you to leave standalone upvotes worth at least $0.02, you're better off not upvoting a comment… unless you know for sure the recipient of your small upvote subscribes to the @dustsweeper service.
One thing I will say, though, is that in some of my earlier days here in the Steemit community I would occasionally receive quite impressive rewards for longer and well thought out comments. So don't go away thinking that comments do not get upvoted with significant amounts, sometimes!
And yes, there are still many long-time Steemians who take the time to upvote good comments!
Anyway, to close this out, one of the ways you can help build your success here in this community is to put some effort into being a good ”post keeper.” It basically amounts to you being a good ”host” for the people who take the time to ”visit” your blog.
Thanks for reading, and have a great remainder of your week!
How about YOU? Are you pretty good about responding to comments on your posts? Or do you just not GET very many comments? Are you good at engagement? Do leave a comment — share your experiences — be part of the conversation!
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Created at 20210708 01:01 PDT
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There seems to be a lack of incentive to upvote other people--whether their post or just a comment. In some cases, I feel that the ultimate goal people have is to earn rewards. That is a bit different than some of the traditional platforms that do not offer rewards other than popularity. I would like to see more people engaging with one another just for the fun of it, rather than in the hope of a 2 cent reward. The 2 cents will come if the personal relationships grow.
yes cents is a motivation for sure but recently there has been other platforms also that are similar to steem so content producers can build a good network of such platforms and earn in multiple sites if they are willing to put in the effort. steem was the first but overtime alot has changed. i used steem 4 years ago and i must say i am disappointed recently when i joined again. its not as active as it used to be.
Yeah, it is kind of slow, which is too bad.
I guess people should learn that upvoting content gives them rewards aswell then :-)
I do sometimes notice accounts that rarely seem to upvote anything or even comment/reply. In return, I pass them over, because I'd much rather reward more interaction.
I think there are users that calculate whether there is enough reward to upvote others. What I would like to see is increased longevity of posts. Once a post is older than the initial 7 days, most seem to get little attention. I think that MAYBE people calculate that older posts are not worth upvoting because interest is low in the first place. At the same time, there are many excellent older posts that deserve attention.
Very true! In that case I guess we could leave a comment on that good post and upvote one of their younger posts. Or wait for a reply and give that a good upvote. It's something we have to work around for now I'm afraid.
I try to upvote all the good posts I can, but sometimes i feel it is casting a vote into the wind. Nominating posts for upvote attention seems like a good idea, but it has only gone so far to encourage engagement.
It would be so nice to be a big whale, able to reward every good post we find. Instead, we'll just do what we can and keep growing :-)
Yes that word Engagement does seem to have a few actual definitions for some.
i like upvoting good comments and getting votes on my comments if they are worthy.
As for being a good post keeper i would say i am average (could do better), around #SPUD4STEEM i would be pretty good...i think
Yo he recibido de comentarios prácticamente otro post y me gusta ese tipo de interaccion, no tengo un gran poder todavía apero soy de las que pienso que vale la pena votar por los comentarios. Y pienso que se están afanando tanto por hacer plata que se olvidan de la esencia en si de escribir
My upvote here on Steemit is worth enough that my vote on a comment actually gets paid out, so I do upvote comments here, because I appreciate people taking the time out to read and comment on my posts. As you said though, if your VP isn't high enough, it's sadly a waste of VP to upvote comments and you're better off upvoting a post of your comment giver (commentor? commentator?).
That is an excellent post and a guide for those who are looking to have some upvotes. its a good reminder about the dust also. i have recently starting visiting your blog and your content is engaging. keep up the good work.