RE: I'm fine with followers only trickling in
Lovely read, and thanks for introducing us to @jmcmeekin, new members allowed? :)
As for the #F4F thing you speak of, I'm not sure which platform you're referring to, but personally I know a lot about it from instagram.
I agree that the foundation must be built on genuine interest. This always comes first. If it is not there, then starting in the first place would lead to no direction.
However..
I sometimes recommend such strategies, as supplements. If you're working out and would like to strengthen and grow your muscles, whey protein would help. Creatine would help even more.
These tactics are like supplements.
But without everything else, like the diet, the training, the cardio, the sleep..... the supplements are rendered a waste of money and time, and in some cases damaging.
I like to look at numbers like a window display. You want to have a neat and clean display for people passing by your store. Coming across bigger numbers would help cast a better first impression. Especially for smaller accounts who have great products/services, who do not necessarily know about beating the algorithms and growing their accounts.
If the account adds value, it deserves the attention. If the account is dieing, these supplemental tactics can be used for medicinal reasons.
#JustMy2Cents
Cheers!
If you are consistent, we would be happy to have you. We all have the same mindset to make Steemit more than just a blogging platform for us, but ask @jmcmeekin, connect with him on FB and see how it goes :)
Thanks for your comment and reference @enginewitty. I'm in on the vision and super excited for what the future holds. Followed :)
Hey, @introducingmo, we have a community on FaceBook. It really came about to get some momentum behind a few minnows (myself included). We needed to get regular interactions and build a community where we look out for each other.
A umber of us found that it is highly frustrating to write a post for it to be worth 0.02, especially when some (not all) people put in less effort on this platform and rake in the money.
If you want to find more, come find us on Facebook - Steem Team
Thanks James :) My view on this is very long term, and I'm not here for the quick cash. I believe in good karma. I try to do my part in engagement and community building only because it's how I actually am :) Having said that I'd love to check out your page.
On a side note, I actually just read your latest post and commented there haha. That was before I saw this comment.
Steem Team - I'll check y'all out! Thanks.
Thanks for adding your piece. You can definitely follow him and new members are allowed. I do understand what you are saying and I agree with most. There are groups for Steemit in Facebook and plenty of members only want F4F and nothing more. I do agree that you need to build a following and need some support. Maybe what I didn't express enough was that quality is far superior over quantity alone. I am sorry I just have an issue with someone only asking for followers who has no intention of engaging with you otherwise. But that's just me. Quality means more to me than quantity alone.
Thanks for taking the time to reply. You expressed yourself perfectly and I understood what your point was. We're actually on the same boat, you'd like to have a clean healthy diet, but without the supplements. The time I spend thinking about 'followers' is probably less than half a percent of my day.
Hope that clarifies my position, as I definitely wouldn't want to be misunderstood as someone who 'needs followers'. It's the last of my concerns :)
Cheers!
All good and thank you for chiming in 👍
Absolutely :)