Hold on there! Commenting without upvoting is NOT meant to be an insult around here! We run our vote power down and still find good stuff, so we try to at least leave a good comment... I HATE to think anyone would take that any other way!
Hold on there! Commenting without upvoting is NOT meant to be an insult around here! We run our vote power down and still find good stuff, so we try to at least leave a good comment... I HATE to think anyone would take that any other way!
The general consensus would beg to differ. It's like walking by the Santa ringing his bell for the orphanage outside of Walmart at Christmas and you stop to say, "Oh I just love what you guys are about and all the work you do!" And then walking by him twice - once on the way in, and on the way out, and not dropping a single penny in his bucket to back up your words. It is understandable VP runs down and not everyone has their slider yet to manipulate their voting power. Such things are taken into consideration. Under no circumstance are you required to upvote every single post every member makes. No one would have any VP left if we all did that. But do show your appreciation of the ones you like.
Wow, I would love to see a survey done, honestly. I have never felt insulted by a comment, unless the comment was insulting.
I know the other 2 steemians in the house feel the same way I do. Small sampling, but my survey is 100% in favor of talking to people when you have something you want to say. Where and how did the notion get started that talking to people is insulting? Even Santa bell ringers? I, like MANY people, often go shopping with no cash and find myself with nothing to put in their pot at times. I still smile and say "Merry Christmas" to them. You honestly think walking by like I don't see them is LESS rude?
Nor have I felt insulted by a worthy comment. Comments are great, don't take this out of context. A person's motivation may increase slightly, but upon seeing that you took the time to write it, and didn't leave a small vote, may in fact, hinder the inspiration you just tried to give. No vote = no growth for them on the platform outside of "yay, she liked it, but I guess not enough." That's what we are going for is growth.
Hope I am not pestering... I thought the comments DID help the posts author, even without an upvote? I thought the "engagement" was factored in somehow... I admit there is a LOT of this platform I still don't quite get tho. And as long as we are hashing this out... I HAVE occasionally done a 1% upvote because my VP was so low, but then I quit that thinking THAT seemed insulting. Perhaps a "code of voting ethics" for the alliance could be put together, discussed, and distributed? Seriously, I hate to think anyone is getting insulted about misunderstandings... this is sort of a tough place to "break into" already! Don't need extra butt-hurts lol!
Also have to take the whole thing into consideration. Lot of people come in here knowing i have autvoters set up and there are other various support accounts. I believe in the do unto others kind of thing, but only to an extent. Some have exploited that generosity and never "graft themselves to the family tree". And a 1% is still better than nothing. Do as you please and what works for you. Be YOU. In all reality we can't force anyone to do anything. For a long time, the top earner on Steemit did it solely by commenting and then upvoting people's replies. Took people a while to understand what he was doing lol! Just spread the love when and where you can is the major point.
Thank you! Seriously though, I would make use of an "alliance voting etiquette" guide, and I think a lot of newbies would!
I'm going to pipe up here and say that I commented on TONS of posts as a newbie without voting, before I was generously delegated enough for a slider. Yes, VP goes down, and I think anyone who sees a heartfelt comment is going to take it as a compliment that someone took the time to read their post and leave a thoughtful response. So, yeah, from a newbie perspective (or someone with less SP), I disagree with the idea that you have to vote. That said, now that I do have a slider, I spread my vote around as much as I can. :)