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RE: How To Manage Disappointment On Steemit
I pretty much do all of those @dragosroua. Although I haven't powered up for a while as I've been hoping the SBD to Steem ration would improve. I've never taken anything out of the platform though.
The main way I manage my disappointment is through engagement with others. Having some fun conversations or even "poor me" ones, usually does the trick.
As times goes on I would say the Steemit blues are getting less and less frequent even though I think the platform is getting worse and worse in lots of ways. 😁
Now I tend to have more or the attitude - just enjoy it while you can!
I think you're dramatizing here. A lot. The platform gets more complex, significantly more crowded, but the more you stay in it, the more your early adopter advantage will weigh.
I'm staying and using Steem to see who else is staying and using.
I like to interact with some oldies and see where they are traveling.
I'm not sure I am @dragosroua. 😁
My experience is probably very different from yours and I'm speaking from that rather than the bigger picture. So I concede, in terms of the bigger picture, maybe things are getting better.
But in terms of the number of spam accounts that constantly follow me, the number of people who are buying their reputation through bid bots and the sheer amount of bid bots the situation has deteriorated a lot since I joined just six months ago.
@paulag wrote a post yesterday where she analysed comments, for example, and found that when she removed comments made by the top 12 bots only 15% were actually left by humans. And the situation, of course, is worse than that because there are way more bots than the 12 she removed from her calculations.
These statistics are the ones that matter most to me because engagement and commenting is the way I earn most of my "money" and form the relationships that make my time here worthwhile.
I find it harder to find quality accounts to converse with than I did six months ago. many of the people I spoke to them are currently dormant and have been for a while.
That is my experience and for new people it's probably worse.
It certainly is for my friend who joined just over a month ago. She's written a quality post every day had not has 157 followers. All but 3 of those are spam accounts.
She posted this morning, for example, and immediately had another 12 spam accounts follow her.
So I may be dramatising as far as the big picture is concerned but I'm not about my day to day experience.
Who is your friend? Ill check out her blog.. and I'm not a bot, just a scary looking dude :)
I too had another 12 crap followers this morning in leau of my post, it sucks and I doubt I will be ever doing a 'celebrating 500 followers' post now, as it will be a farce.
Ha, ha, ha. You are a bit scary looking @slobberchops. 😂
I'll pass on your message to my friend so she can follow you and speak up if she wants to. Thanks for the offer. That's very kind of you.
I haven't posted yet today so will have to wait and see if I get the 12 crap followers. 😂
Its just a front, I'm quite harmless really :)
I can remember a time when nobody visited me, and I almost gave up. I still don't have a huge following but have some. I would hate for Steemit to lose another person for this reason, if they have something to offer.
I don't think she's going anywhere @slobberchops. Her biggest challenge I think is that she works really long hours and doesn't have the time to comment much.
That was the way I built up my following, by engaging with others and also by meeting people in person. The latter was a big help but, of course, that is not available to everyone.
I agree that spam is getting worse, but you have to expect that as the platform grows (unfortunately). I'm a great believer is some sort of automated de-monetisation of spam comments/posts, but that would go against the grain of the whole decentralised, community-driven, censorship free thing we have going on.
What you have to remember is that all these annoying spammers are on every other platform too. Follow-for-follow stopped working a LONG time ago as a good way to build an audience, but still spammers and desperate newbies do it.
We all have to remember that we're early to Steem and (fingers-crossed) when SMTs and Communities hit, and the platform grows further, 1 Steem could be worth a lot - which will make all your efforts and hardship be rewarding in the long-term.
Good luck with the struggle - and remember, that for 99% of us, it is a struggle. But...that's life :)
I don't really feel it's a struggle @m-ssed-t. At least not today! 😁
Overall I'm enjoying myself here. Not much point in staying if I'm not.
I was just expressing my experience but you make a good point about the newness of the platform. It's easy to forget that. And that the spammers are on other platforms too.
I suppose it's just been more noticeable for me here because it's gotten so much worse recently. I'm focused more on my day to day experience rather than the longer term because day to day is what matters most to me.
I like to enjoy myself now rather than do something today that will hopefully make me happy in the future. And, I'm pleased to say, that, most of the time, I'm enjoying myself on Steemit.
Discussions like this, for example, are what make it all worth while. I like to see alternative ways to look at things! 😁
Change the way you look at things and things will change!
Indeed @chesatochi! 😊
This must be Steemit reflection week, or something (actually, when isn't it?).
We all have our ways of looking at things, as you and I have discussed elsewhere, and I'm feeling the need to point that out. While I do consider myself to be a person who looks at the big picture, I can't escape the day to day experience, either. Most of what we know and do with STEEM revolves around our posting, commenting and curating. Those who build apps, run witness servers, spend time rallying the troops for various causes, are going to be getting a different experience than us because they've chose to do so. Which is fine. That doesn't invalidate our own experiences or our own perspectives.
In other words, I don't feel like you're over dramatizing anything. At the same time, what he said is true, too, with regards to the size and complexity of the platform and maintaining a growing an early adopter position. Will it all be worth it in the end? Who can predict that? No one. So we do what we feel is best for us and time will tell us how things will be.
I think I'm one of those who have frequent Steemit blues, lol 😁
Well I for one am always glad when you're around @irreverent-dan, Steemit blues or not.
We've had some good laughs along the way!
What is it they say - "misery loves company!" 😂
Lol, that's true :) We will surely have more good laughs in the time to come. Have a great weekend, Gillian!