how I will work in Steemit

I have been here now just over a month. During this time I have mostly just watched and made a vote trade with one other. the votes I get are worth more then the vote I give, which works out an advantage to me. I followed only a few people. most of the posts I see offer no value to me. This does not mean the post has no value, others may gain from posts I do not.

I could possibly comment an opinion on many things which are posted, this would get me flagged tho I expect, due to not agreeing directly with the post. Leading to my growth stumped. I have also noticed some very simplistic things, like, The people the lower levels upvote generally have a higher reputation level then the person voting. ( no names mentioned to protect the guilty and avoid a war on reputation against me ).

Steemit in the majority does appear after a month here, to be a selfish site. The majority of user appear to be of their own goals with disregard to the success of the site the currency and the possibilities it can offer. This conclusion I know has come from a limited amount of time and from limited interaction. I have a few bigger user in my follow list, and I have seen differences in those I follow. I see many people offer opinion on ways to improve your steemit account balance and in general these opinions are true. This is where things begin to get complicated.

A user with a high rep and a high steemit power are nice to follow if their posts get some upvotes and you can jump in at the right time with your upvote. Been a low level user like myself, the upvote given to a post does not repay much and often leads to a 0 return cause my voting power in low. (its a long road you look to travel when new). I have seen some comments that made more sense then the post which get no vote at all.

I have read about engaging with your follower that comment on your post, This shows that you take the time to read and then time to reply to a comment on your post. People feel respected and appreciated for this action you take.
However, the return of an upvote for your comment goes amiss, with many of these users. While it can be respected, that those who post cannot upvote every user who comments. There are comments which are positive and promote the post user. Here I have come to the conclusion, If I follow you Comment on your posts, leave feedback and upvote you. and you do not return a vote (to a small amount of comments I make to your post's) I see no reason to support you back. Even more so if you are advertising your posts in a manner such as to assist others.

I entered the site in the middle of gang wars it seems. I commented on a user post which was about cryptos, from the post I learnt a bit about Elliot waves in the graphs people do for trading, so I commented a thank you said I was learning things and upvoted. For this I was flagged due to the ongoing war and accused of supporting bad content. The actual post provided me with a better understanding of the market trading in general. That is life and the learning curve I guess.

Conclusion. Do not follow others with idle obligation, Follow those with the same interests as yourself, the posts and comments will be ones you have interest in. If you do not agree with a post or comment you may reply to. Make your reply with respect and respect the others point of view. If your comments to posts or other comments which you have upvoted. It might be time to save those upvotes for others who will show appreciation for your time and comment. (do realize here that not every comment you make can be upvoted by the same user)

With saying ll of this I would like to give a shout out to a few people I think all new user can benefit from reading their Material. The 1st I would like to mention is #newbieresteem they also have a discord channel you can converse in and post links to promote your blog. @simplymike Kudos, you invited me to a positive side in Steemit. Through following @simplymike I have also come across @spiritualmax and @davemccoy The posts from these 3 users, I believe will help along new user to the platform, I recommend those users and the #newbieresteem to add to your follow list. I will also add @lahvista to this list. @lahvista is cool user in my opinion.

This make perfect sense in my head, I know what I am trying to say. If you would like me to expand on any part of this blog, Let me know and I will do my best to clarify my position.