PROOF that "follow for follow" does not work on Steemit
There is a rash of "follow for follow" users here on Steemit and they are (unintentionally) degrading the quality of this site.
If this is you, please listen up, because the truth is you're wasting YOUR time more than anyone else's.
First, take a look at some of these profiles just to get an idea what I'm talking about and to see for your own eyes that follow for follow does NOT work.
(P.S. If you're on this list, or if you practice follow for follow, please unfollow me!)
https://steemit.com/@sylviamiller
https://steemit.com/@robi8888
https://steemit.com/@maxer27
https://steemit.com/@fem-of-war
https://steemit.com/@schoolforsdg4
https://steemit.com/@blissandbusiness
https://steemit.com/@nicetea
https://steemit.com/@nape
https://steemit.com/@charlz
https://steemit.com/@bobross
https://steemit.com/@bartjan
https://steemit.com/@jackmiller
I could add thousands more profiles, but you get the idea.
You can see that while all of these people have at least several hundred followers, none of these people have any traction or are making any money.
Meanwhile, the list of people they follow is in the thousands, showing they aren't interested in any of the content on the site, and are only here to try and make money.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news but the evidence clearly shows that this strategy does not work, so if you employ a "follow for follow" tactic, it's time to look for another one.
The truth you need to understand is that here on Steemit, you only make money if people who have invested in Steem want to upvote your content, and people who have invested in Steem are not going to upvote your content, or support you in any way, if you aren't adding anything of value to the site.
Why would they want to destroy their investment by upvoting things they aren't interested in?
The good news is you have inherent value just because you are human, and so when you share your life and your experiences, you connect with others and that has value. We all want to feel connected.
The Power of Relevancy
In the information age, relevancy is your most powerful tool and ally.
Just think of Google. Why are they so big? Why does everyone use them?
They use them because when they type a search query into Google they get back highly relevant content.
If relevancy is the key to success then lack of relevancy is the key to failure.
Be HONEST with yourself, how much relevancy is there with a "follow for follow" approach?
Zero is the correct answer.
And if a lack of relevancy is the key to failure, then certainly zero relevancy is going to get you absolutely nothing from this site.
You are truly wasting everyone's time and most of all you are wasting your OWN time when you use a follow for follow approach.
Dance like no one is watching
I'm sure you've heard the expression "dance like no one is watching".
Well, the key to success on Steemit is to use the social network like no one is paying.
If there were absolutely no way to make money on Steemit, but you decided to use it anyway, how would you use the site?
You would only create content you liked or that real had meaning to you.
You would only follow people that posted content you liked or that had real meaning to you.
You would only comment on posts that you actually cared to comment on.
and so on...
In other words, you're entire participation in this site would be focused on relevancy.
Every thing you would do, you would do because the action meant something to you.
Acting with intent and relevancy, THAT is the key to success here on Steemit.
It takes longer, but not only is it worth it, it is the ONLY thing that is going to work.
Do the right thing
You have the proof, you have the logic, I hope you'll take the actions you need to take to do this right.
If you are a "follow for follow" Steemit user please go to your profile right now and unfollow every single person in your list.
If you want to follow back those that followed you, go ahead, but why bother?
They didn't follow you because they cared about your content, or liked what you have to say, so they aren't relevant to your experience here.
Patience
Next, use the site like a real person and be patient.
You have the opportunity to (eventually) make some real revenue with this site and all you have to do is use it like you mean it.
I want you to succeed here on Steemit. Your success is truly my success, so I hope you will take this advice.
Not only will it improve your success on Steemit, but it can also improve the quality of your entire life.
Good luck, and stay relevant! :)
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Great post. This massive influx of new accounts has brought many people who don't really understand how Steemit works. They bring with them ideas from other social platforms that are not relevant here. I love the analogy of the post like nobody is watching. Post shat you want first. Comment on and upvote posts that connect with and interest you then you will build a real group of followers. And remember even if you post makes $0.13, that's 13c more than Facebook will ever pay you.
Thanks Stephen. Yes, sometimes these tactics do have some effect with other networks but as you said, they don't work here. And that's also a great point, even a little money here is much more than you'll make with Facebook, for normal site usage of course.
well put!
follow me ill follow you😉😁
Doh! :)
Very true. Its an epidemic. BTW is that why you unfollowed me? B/c i didnt follow back? Just kidding. Keep it up man.
Oh, a smart alec eh? Just for that I'm following you now! ;)
Muhahahah my master plan worked. Why ask someone to follow when you can convince them its their own idea!
I'm a sucker for some good mind control. :)
ha- thanks! :)
It's sure that follow for follow doesn't work with no need to proof bro
simply it's because you get follows of users who are not interested in your content
Yep- and lack of interest means no traction, no relevancy.
yeah sure bro
people just should make good content then expect only follows from people interested in their content
Wow. Great article. We need to make steemit a better site where good contents will flourish.
Very well said, it's utterly true.
Thanks! I hope it helps. :)
Thank you for your advice :)
very well said; I'm new to steemit but can already see how much it values quality posts. I hope the artwork I post will be valuable to this community; I plan to take my time with this platform and contribute meaning to it in my own way.
Art seems to do very well here. Again, when you express yourself and share who you are, the connection you create brings value to the site.
I just checked out your artwork. Uhhh, you're going to do just fine! :D And now you've got a new follower! ;)
Appreciate it! Thanks, I still have to do an introducing myself post.
Excellent posts and spot on. I'm going to start linking this post as a response to the silly people that ask me to "follow for a follow" I usually just ignore them but now I'll post this link.
I like the "More from me" section at the bottom of you post How did you do that. Is it just an align left in markdown?
Thanks @luzcypher! I'm glad you liked it and I hope it helps. :) For the more from me section I'm using html tables. I'd send you the code here, but it won't come out as code, although you might be able to copy it if you view the page source? Let me know if you need more help with it.
you can put code between these two marks
`` and it should work for me to copy and paste it.
It would look like this.
[](https://steemit.com/@luzcypher)OK, in order to get the code to work I had to take out all of the line breaks which would have made it easier to read, but you should be able to get the idea.
You have to keep the title and the description nearly the same character count in order to make everything to line up as it does.
The images don't really work for mobile but at least it doesn't become unreadable /useable. Hopefully I'll have something better before too long. :)
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td width="30%">https://steemitimages.com/DQmW1498P1phayRTBGEdRUpHBzTtcecaz9tfDvZKHb2BQH8/money%20for%20nothing.jpg</td><td width="70%"><h1>The TRUTH about making money on Steemit</h1><p>If you want to have a profitable experience here on Steem... [<a href="http://bit.ly/2sznMXj">Read more</a>]</p></td></tr></table>Awesome and thank you. Maybe you can do a post about it.
A post on how to make the tables and how to do some formatting? That's a great idea! Thanks! :)