RE: Newcomers and Minnows: how to write a "quality" comment.
Dear friend. Money fucks everything up. It fucks things up to the point that you have to make posts about 'how to make a good comment'.
This is ridiculous and ever so weird. In a normal environment people will say what they mean in comments. Sometimes it is, 'hey, i like your ideas', other times it is 'dude, you are a gowdumn idiot'. Both are totally valid opinions and we have learned that they belong in the internet ecosystem. Sometimes, if you are lucky, you get actual good response with interesting points of views.
But here on steemit, people comment to make money. Or to gain followers. They are not participating, they are maximizing their value. So you get very distorted field, with most of the input looking like a shitty middle-school essay: 'i agree with this post. It had many good points and showed some very nice pictures. I like it'.
People are so careful not to say anything controversial, because that could mean they dont get their 25 cent reward.
And damn right I am upvoting my own post. Otherwise it will get buried under a mountain of steeming crap.
You have forgotten to upvote ;-)
And... I think you are going too strong, in spite of the "25 cents reward", the comments here are not so senseless. I wonder, what is your motivation of being here, what are you trying to accomplish on Steemit...
I was thinking of writing things for the web for some time now. Steemit seemed interesting concept, so I explore it. For sure I have learned a ton about blockchain and crypto during my couple of weeks here. And for sure I would neither write nor read here if the platform would not sit on top of a cryto. The portal is crap if you objectively compare it to any competition. But we are here to invest into the potential, not the present situation.
The ecosystem is strange. It is obvious. People act differently and it is obvious that the only variable is the potential rewards.
But also I'm not a shiny crusader who saves people from the mountains of spam. Yesterday (obv also today)I just felt like ranting, even though I understand it is pretty much pointless. The ecosystem will heal itself, or die. My rants, or the countless ones who ranted before me, make no difference.
Thank you for not snubbing my question.
To tell you the truth, you have pleasantly surprised me with your answer :-)
I wish you success with your writings here and also with the monetary rewards from it ;-)
And, if I may, I have advice for you... if you truly want to write on Steemit, try falling in love with it. Just concentrate on the positives and graciously ignore everything else, at least for your first months :-)
Sorry, I know that you are here longer than I am, but LOL