Hey there Steem noobs stop kissing ass with spam comments!
I do think this is a wonderful social platform and it's been very fun so far. But some people need to stop commenting spam on every. single. post.
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I know you want to get your views and you want to get some money from some upvotes. BUT, that doesn't mean you need to comment on everything. Little comments that don't provide insight, opinion or relevance need to stop.
Instead, if you're trying to get people to like you and get follows you should post comments that add some value to the conversation. This is easy and only takes a few minutes of reading!
You will get far more valuable followers if you leave thoughtful comments that prove you even read the post you're commenting on.
It's impossible fake your way to becoming a whale.
Now tell me. What're your thoughts on this trend? Any ideas to improve it?
There is no need to do anything about it. When they find out their comment does not have any payout, they will stop writing these spam comments and try to write something with quality
Interesting view and basically bringing natural selection into this. Great point.
Totally agree with you, that we need to stop doing that but not in this stage of development of this community . It's still growing , a lot of newbies literally know nothing . in my opinion soon enough they will fix that , but for know we need that stats !
Eh I politely disagree with your opinion. If there isn't any value in the content, then what's the point of having the platform at all?
I'm spending a lot of time welcoming new members and trying to post quality comments. I hate spamming.. so I'm really trying to stay grounded and really engage with people. People respond well to that--there really isn't a way to fake it. People almost always know spam when they see it. I've been here only a few days, but have worked really hard to authentically connect with people.
Thanks for calling people on this. It's awful. I love Steemit too much to see this happen!
Thanks for keeping it real out here Kay! We can only keep going on hoping it catches the attention of more engaging people.
Exactly. It's so worth it. xx
Like you said, it's a trend. I do think it will continue for a while with people who think they're going to make a living on spamming the comments. When they realize there is no real money in doing that it will slow down. Unfourtunately it will probably get a lot worse before it gets better. Steemit is still in it's infancy, It will take time, but I believe things will work themselves out over time.
Calm down @bananaskin. They wanna in the long sentences but they got the trouble with the languange. Just keep stay cool.
You can report spam and abuse here:
https://steemit.chat/channel/steemcleaners-linkdrop
You might even get a little reward for it :)
Absolutely #Shredded, the worst thing is as a content creator you're left in the position of ignoring them or playing along with their petty game of "please god visit my channel and +1 me I need $$$$$$!"
I prefer the former.
Haha that's a great point also! If they don't read your content then I think it's perfectly fine to ignore them.
haha I know what you mean... But kissing ass personally doesn't bother me (YET). I usually don't read short comments and look for lengthy ones to put my attention too. Some would find value in a short worded comments :) People should comment and engage with others as they wish as long as they are not posting unrelated links or so and not being total douches.
I definitely dislike one word or generic comments. That's why I always relate my comments to the actual post.
Thus far, everything I have replied to I have read. Not only have I read it, I have only upvoted it if it met two criteria;
That said, many people are "Facebook trained" and blindly hit "like" (in this case upvote) and comment "Ha!" or some other conversational response. If the motivation is income, well shame on them. If the motivation is simply that's the way they interact conversationally, perhaps engagement can help them to become more eloquent in online communication.