How to be unfollowed.

There are actually lots of ways to become less popular on Steemit and these are just three of my favourites.

The one that everyone else usually freaks out about is plagiarism, and certainly that is a big no-no. But I don’t usually see any of that because I generally only look at posts on my timeline, and nobody that I follow ever does that.

Actually I did do a search yesterday for a specific subject and ended up seeing a post that was copied word for word from somebody else’s blog. But I knew it was copied straight away because Cheetah bot posted a link to the original, so although the content was what I was looking for I didn’t upvote it and I went straight to the original blog.

https://steemit.com/steemitabuse/@cheetah/cheetah-bot-explained

The person who posted it on Steemit had 15 followers and $3 in his wallet, so constantly copying things onto Steemit wasn’t working that well for him.

We all have different things we take mortal offence about, both on Steemit and in life generally, and I’m no different. Sometimes I get all agitated and let my ego jump up and down squawking like a rabid parrot over trivial crap just like most people.

Photo of the Wellington waterfront by @sift666

Without further ado, here is what adolf666 (my ego) deems verboten on Steemit:

Uploading posts without any images

I have a fetish for posting images and even post an image all my comments. And my posts usually contain at least five images. So if a post turns up on my feed without a single image to even serve as a thumbnail, I’m appalled, gob smacked, and self-righteously indignant.

And if it has been resteemed by someone I follow (that is how I usually end up seeing the bloody things on my feed), it’s safe to say they are in my bad books for the day, and I want to violently spank them.

Doing clueless posts about any subjects that wind me up

I can handle differences of opinion on many things. But if anyone goes full retard on my arse, I can get a bit psycho. The sort of thing that pushes me over the edge are opinions like water fluoridation is good for you, 911 wasn’t an inside job, or Hillary Clinton is honest and worthy.

Thankfully I don’t often see that sort of stuff on Steemit, and because I do my best to avoid arguing with people online (the Eckhart Tolle audios have slowly helped), I won’t say anything, but it certainly could curtail any further following.

Resteeming heaps of stuff

My own very rough rule of thumb, is that I only follow people who post more content than they resteem, and a total of five posts and resteems combined each day is about the most I like to see.

I make exceptions, but not many because I want to choose what I see on my timeline and not be overwhelmed by anyone else's choices.

We are all different, I like simplicity, space, and an interesting timeline

Three strikes and you are out

Basically if you do any of those things too frequently I will probably unfollow you. If I’ve been following you for ages I’ll be more lenient because everyone makes ball ups occasionally.

Even Led Zeppelin put out a really crap album once. It was called “Coda” and it was appalling. But they are still the greatest band of all time.

If you are new on the other hand, I may not be lenient at all. I could assume you are aiming to be the new Justin Bieber or Alex Jones of Steemit and drop you like a hot potato.

So if you have only been on Steemit for about a month, and I’ve been following you for about a week, consider yourself on probation. If you put out a new album about Hilary Clinton or start endorsing low-fat diets, you are so history.

http://www.fathead-movie.com/index.php/2010/04/16/the-low-fat-craze-lets-go-back-in-time/

How to see who loves and hates you

Go to this site – Steem Followers and you can watch as the world follows and unfollows you!

I suspect that a lot of anal obsessives are watching who follows and unfollows them and checking out their posts. Of course I would never be that anal myself, I’m just doing research for this post.

Something I’ve observed with interest is that while @kiwideb now gets about 10 new people following her each day, I seem to get about seven new follows, but along with those I also get about three unfollows. So she gains 10 followers, and I only gain four. “Why do they hate me?” my inner parrot squawks.

Why do people keep unfollowing me?

OK that’s enough about you, time to discus my imperfections…

I’m a conspiracy theorist.

For anyone who believes what the mainstream media is telling them, I am one of those people best fully blocked out with plenty of TV and a big fizzy drink made from sugar and fluoridated water.

http://www.frot.co.nz/design/sift/conspiracies/

I could be a Satan worshipper

@sift666 is my Steemit alias, As 666 is the number following 665 and preceding 667, and I’m using the number here on my Steemit account, it might mean I’m a worshiper of Satan. Or it could indicate that I have troll tendencies I need to work out with myself.

I’m really offensive

Not only do frequently mock America, I also go on about controversial stuff, and I even have a whopping great page about porn...

https://steemit.com/nsfw/@sift666/not-safe-for-work-ultra-hardcore-porn

I post too many images

Some people have all sorts of issues with images on Steemit. I have no issues other than wanting to see more of them. I post my own pictures, other peoples, anything that catches my eye really. Sometimes with credits, and sometimes without.

Photos and pictures labeled @sift666, www.sift.co.nz or www.frot.co.nz are my own creations, while pictures with no credits are sometimes ones I found in my image collection and have no idea where they originally came from, or might be my own photos that I haven't put a signature on.

Otherwise, due to pressure to conform, I usually have a crack at including an image credit beneath each picture I copy off the internet. I do have opinions on this subject, but am practicing putting a sock in it.

https://steemit.com/steemit/@sift666/i-m-giving-up-i-m-going-to-quit

I’m totally random and don’t stick to one subject or style of post

This is the big one I suspect. Maybe someone sees one of my “Steemit is wisdom and love” posts and starts following me. Then next week they see an “Everything the mainstream media tells you is bullshit” post and they get all confused.

I'm all over the place and my interests include photography, conspiracies , web design, writing, nutrition, cryptocurrencies, New Zealand, art, design, philosophy, technology, anarchy, health, computers, humour/humor, gratuitous arse shots, and anything that makes my eyes bulge while I make squeaking sounds (except torture).

What am I going to post about next? I don’t know myself, I do have a list with over 250 Steemit post ideas, but it depends entirely on which one I wake up with all pre-written in my head.

Am I just joking? Again, I haven’t got a clue, the more I attempt to be serious, the more people will probably think I’m taking the piss. I’m unlikely to take my clothes off, paint myself blue, and start juggling guinea pigs. But I might, and if I do I’ll post NSFW photos of myself.

If you seek predictability, I am not your Steemian. But there will hopefully be lots more pictures, and I promise never to agree with anything you just saw on TV.

Painting of a plastic dog and some weird shit by @sift666

And now after all that squawking I have this overwhelming urge to post a picture of a parrot:

http://www.parrotshop.org/why-parrots-scream-and-how-to-stop/

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