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RE: STEEM Solution: We Need To Do This To Make Steemit A Huge Success
Fully agree!
I try to do exactly this - but then I don't post all that much, which makes it easier ;-)
The problem is the new arrivals copying the old hands - which won't work out for them:
Someone just arriving to the site needs to comment and comment and comment and not worry so much about posting until they have a following
A whale with tons of SP and a big following doesn't need to worry so much about commenting (even though they should), they can just post and earn
And so the new arrival copies the whale and the cries foul when it doesn't work, rather than taking the time to actually work out what will work...
Cheers
What is interesting is that when you get into some of the trending posts, the whales are there commenting...they are select when they do it, but they are doing it.
Mostly their comments tend to be on bigger, site/blockchain related issues. I saw there was a todo over downvoting which got comments from many of the major hitters.
Nevertheless, you bring up a valid point...minnows should just upvote for a few weeks to get the feel of things.....
I think it makes sense that they comment primarily on the bigger posts, because those posts are predominantly written by those people that have been around a while - their old friends
I comment predominantly on posts from people I know through communities such as thealliance or theunmentionables. A year or 18 months ago, when the site was much smaller, I imagine it effectively was one single community in the same way, and so these people have grown with it and maintained their original relationships
The communities give us an opportunity to turn back the clock
Cheers