Asking for Upvotes is Like Sending an Unsolicited Dick Pic
I don't know if it's a generational thing or if it's a "Hey, I'm new to the internet!" kind of thing, but good lord. You'd think an upvote on a post was about to change someone's life the way people ask for them like penicillin after a night spent with a prostitute.
Rather than trolling people's comments with mindless requests, why don't you try to interact with the post? Why don't you interact with the actual person posting?
Better yet: go create content people want to read. I promise that's the best way to get people to upvote your stuff.
Asking me to upvote your content or follow you because you've followed me doesn't endear me to doing either action. It tells me you're lazy and can't be bothered to actually put in the work required to build a following. Steemit is just like many other social media platforms in that, sure, you can be as fake as you'd like...but if you're not producing things people want to read or see, then nobody's gonna care.
Step up your game. Spend more than two seconds copy/pasting the same comment on thousands of articles.
This also annoys me on things like youtube where upvotes are worthless.. also people posting FIRST and "for any upvote football team X will score a goal", "like if you love whatever youtube channel we're on" etc.
I never understood that and neither do i understand how those post actually get hundreds of sheep to vote for them (on youtube, i guess that's not happening so much here).
YES. so much yes. that shit is unbelievable!
ive had an idea to make beggar app, where people could click the button, and some 3 sentences phrase would come out. like:
all we need is some... 100 of these comments, and whole place would look more
hygienic. i guess.
make it 1,000 unique responses and i, weirdly, don't hate this idea.
must admit it would look nicer. i already came out with ass kissing app idea, but noone like it. guess its concept is too realistic.
i mean, that also sounds a little messy.
but i like where your head's at.
When I get those comments, I reply with a question about my post. Sometimes they even admit they have no clue.
Makes me think of the whole "Subscribe to me and I'll subscribe back!" when trying to grow a channel. Unsurprisingly these posts are HUGE on the videos about How to Grow Your Youtube Channel. Really, the only one making any substantial growth is the video creator!
As the saying goes.... the only one getting rich during a gold rush is the one selling the picks and shovels!
very true, but that method is, personally, short-sighted. if you're still holdin onto a warehouse full of picks and shovels when the gold runs out, you better be smart enough to know how to get rid of them in other ways.
HAHA! I just came across a Memo where someone sent a Whale .001 Steem asking for an upvote saying "It won't cost you anything"!!! lol
It also looks pretty desperate..especially when they are asking for upvotes and follows from a minnow with a 6 cent full vote (and half the times I only squeeze 2 or 3 cents out of it).. lol
seriously. and the irony here...so much irony.
You have a point with this post. Not sure I agree with the "dick pic" part, though. The way I see it, if anything, people begging for votes are more like "crabs". (And not the seafood kind)
crabs, dick pics...i think most people aren't really up for receiving either when given the choice, honestly. :P
Hey baby an other night I will be in the mood
Now just do it
Upvote me
stop your getting fresh with me, sailor. i'm a lady!
OkOk I just tried
i am also new here Nice Post. I need some followers, i will follow you in return please follow me @Rozeeroti
Are you kidding?
Lol that is hilarious. Commenting that on a story about begging. I am pretty sure he was not joking either.
He didn't even show us his dick.
Yeah he could have at least given us all laugh.
i'm not even a little surprised by its appearance, honestly.
point: proven.
It is as if people have just given up and just need the easy option with everything. Anything that is worth doing takes a lot of time and investment, they don't see that they just need shit now.
i've been a broke writer for 23 years. my patience is pretty fucking infinite at this point. i don't understand the need for instant gratification of everything under the sun.
They have never had to earn anything for themselves, everything has just been given to them. So they think it should be the same here too.
very true words @bucho, it is important to interact with the people in steemit, and to comment on the posts that we like, I am new on steemit, but I agree it is important to write about things that can help others and they will be interested in reading, thank you for the advice, I will be sharing more things here in steemit!! I like to meet new people and to help them improve their eating habits with nutrtious food and advice that I learned from the Trophology sciencie.
Welcome to Steem @bucho I have upvoted and sent you a tip