✴️ I UPVOTED Over 11,157+ Posts and Comments On Steemit! Why Does It Matter? 😳
Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return. ~ Karen Kain
Do you believe what people say or do you believe what they do? Anyone can say they do something but in reality they do the opposite. That is the reason why I always look for people who "Do" instead what they "Say".
You heard the saying "Documentation Always Beats Out Conversation" so today let me "Bust Out" one of my best stats that I earned on Steemit. I upvoted over 11,157+ Post and Comments! 😲
My vote tends to have some substance... depending on price the of steem, delegation, voting power etc etc... my "Upvote" can be anywhere from .04 - $6 per vote. 🤑
You can check everyone's stats (including yourself) by going to Steemitboard.com.
There are so many people on Steemit saying that they support people and their followers but I don't find that to be true at all... it other words, I wasn't surprised at all.
Let me explain... there are tons of influencers on Steemit that posts between 2-5 times a day with tons of upvotes and comments and I realized early on that they don't ever comment back and rarely ever upvote anyone (just themselves). 😐
Do you really want steemit to become similar to Youtube where you see people with thousands of followers with hundreds of comments and they don't interaction with their audience? It's like people talking to themselves. 🤣
I've been seeing this a lot on Steemit... people with hundreds of upvotes a day and if you check their stats, they hardly ever comment back or even upvote anyone. 😧
Why is this happening? Why are people still doing this? All they do is upvote the same influencers and comment to these people with no interaction at all.
Well you see, most people tend to get attracted to people with a huge influence or following (Ex: Celebrities, Actors, Athletes, etc etc)...
Check out The Kardashian's, they gets millions of likes and comments but never engages with their audience... So on Steemit, it's simple psychology... many will think if they keep commenting or upvoting these people... then maybe one of these days they will recognize by them but the truth is that never happens.
I'm not saying don't support the people you like... but does it get weird to keep commenting everyday without ever getting a response back at all, that is just a complete waste of time. ⏰
I'm the total opposite of that, I love to engage with my followers and support them... I don't want to be like one of these so called "influencers" that only cares for themselves, without the people... they are nothing.
So I would like to conclude with this, have some self-awareness. 💁♂️
Start finding people that do engage with the community and especially find people that support you... it's better than wasting your time commenting on peoples blogs if you know they won't respond back... it's like talking to a wall. 😴
Have An Awesome Friday Steemians 💞
Totally agreed Charles, especially with the YouTube analogy. This is a community, interaction with followers is key. Upvoting their comments makes them feel special and also, it is a good way to let them know you are grateful for their support!
Just checked out your blog, it's really good. I'm going to support you from now on, just cause it's hard to find like minded individuals 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Ha, funny. I was just on your post and then here you are again - spreading the love! Have I ever told you, I love reading your posts? I am on here as RumDancer and as PrudishNudist and you are followed on both. You have a great message!
Now I have to support both of your blogs! 😂💪🏼🙌🏼💯
Thanks a lot buddy, you are awesome! Hope to interact with you on my posts sometimes :)
Nicely said! 👍
You've got one more new follower now :)
Thank you very much!
I'm new to Steemit, but your post inspired me ! It's true that the more someone is popular, the less you see this person interacting with the community.
Which is stupid, because it's thank to those people that they are now popular ! Youtube has become a jungle for that.
I hope it is different on Steemit :) The people here seem very nice !
Welcome to steemit @mitsunyah! Let make social media get again lol
You hit the nail, Charles!
Thanks for being such a positive role model.
Upvoted and resteemed 👊
I have mad respect for you @surfermarley... I'm just following in your footsteps!
Haha that was cute 😍 You in my footsteps?
I thought it was rather the other way around...😲
Keep the good vibes comin', we're all here to follow and support your example!
Happy weekend!
Good point Charles (my name sake) hence why I decided to gradually correct the error I made when I joined on June this year. I actually focus my attention on those who at least respect me by responding to my comment. I post 3 times a week (max ) in order to have the time to respond to all comments and try to show back the love. In business, you lose all if you dont follow up...
So right, I post daily... it's not that hard for people to respond at least. It takes just a few minutes in a day. :)
I agree buddy, good point indeed.
Do you use bogs , and what is your opinion about bots ? feel free to see my latest post about the subject and send in your comment. I wish you more success and hope that we stay in touch. Happy weekend.
It's good when everyone interacts with each other. Good for the community, but, in regards to youtube. I understand how youtubers with big following can't reply on every single comments.
Just imagine yourself having to read 2000+ comments, in a day. It's different if they are only getting hundred comments a week. I guess that is doable.
I follow this guy on youtube, wil dasovich, I used to comment all the time and he replies most of the time. Since he reached 200,000 subs, his replies dwindled.
So I stopped commenting on his videos, directly. When I do, I don't actually direct the comment towards Wil, but to the people that follow his videos.
There are fan boys/girls who are still vying for his attention. Saying like "Hello, Wil." "Love you Wil", "How come you are in Pasig today Wil?"
Seriously, I doubt he will read every single comment. If he does comment, i'm sure the fan gets all ecstatic .
I would like to see Steemit being like youtube someday and our small investments now will turn to millions in the future.
And with more people like you with big influence that cares for his audience, it will be achievable. Thanks for your work. Followed.
You are totally right on that.... If i get over 100 or even 200 comments, i still replay to 90% of them! It just takes a little time to appreciate the followers. :)
That's the truth! Steemit loses a lot of its appeal if it just turns into a bunch of small cliques circle-voting themselves every day.
I try to find new interesting users to follow or upvote every day. It's not always as easy as I want, but sometimes there's a ton of cool new stuff to find just by browsing the "hot" pages and stuff like that.
Well said!
You are totally right @heymattsokol ... go to the hot wall right now, and check those people out. Tons of comments and the person who blogged it, don't even comment or upvote them back. Should I blame the content creator or the sheeps... ummmm I blame both parties lol
Checking mine out right now i'm curious and awesome job providing quality upvotes back to the community! Love following you and upvoting your comments and posts. I was curious where did you get those sweet icons in your sig such as 5000 + SP 2,500 Followers etc ? Thanks Stacking and I hope you have yourself a great weekend
Thanks @bitcoinflood! Just making the community aware. Those Icons can be found easy on steemit, go to the search and put in "badges". Lots were made by awesome people that you can use for free.
Thank you!
i try to do the same too! one vote means a lot to me. its all support to getting rep and an incentive for better content.
Great way to look at it 🙌🏼
Congrats Charles! : D Wow, how do you find the time to post 11k+?! I have trouble keeping up with just a few comments here, mainly because the system is slow!
When I was getting millions of views and thousands of comments to my YouTube channel, I always tried to respond back to comments. Even the lousy ones.
You understand the power of authentic engagement with your audience. Not everyone does or even wants to - they want and benefit from a one-sided dialogue.
As for Steemit, it seems to me that there's an established group here that likes how the system has been working for them (so far) and aren't too keen to see this really take off as a social media platform.
It's a shame and a pity really. Of course, I could be completely mistaken... : /
Wow... a visit from a fellow influencer @michellectv 🤑... I busted the 10x hustle that's how, we all have the same 24 hours 😂.
As for established groups, all platforms have them. It's like YouTube, all the influencers collab with each other. So what do we do about it, bust out the best content out there and get them to noticed us... you know how it is.
Time will tell if this whole Steemit experiment will make real progress. Regardless, I'm certainly "long" for a blockchain social network.
It will take time. I remember first signing up to youtube in 2006, it was awful for years, same with facebook when it first started lol ... I see the future of social media to be on the blockchain so i'm like, why not start with the first.... steemit :)
You have a follower for life, love yur blogs!
I freekin love this!! One of my friends made a profound video on this awhile back. He said "you guys are so quick to support the celebrities that don't show any love back to you, but yet the person that is an upcoming celebrity, just because he engages with you and shows you some love...you wanna think he's less than that other celebrity." Hes also said, "I noticed that the moment a person starts giving some attention to the person who commented, you think that it's no big deal. See, you guys have been programmed to think that we shouldn't show love back. If Trey Songz commented back at one of your posts, you wouldn't think so highly of Trey Songz anymore. Y'all need to check yourself!"
Lol that's some real shit he said! <3
P.S. You have perfect teeth :)
We have a "thinker" here and her name is @awarenessraiser lol ... People are brainwashed and programmed to behave in a certain way. We need more self aware people like yourself around :)
P.S. I need to start listening to Trey more lol
Thank you!! hahaha ayee and Trey knows how to get them females attention! If he responds back to a female, they literally faint and have to be brought back to life! 🤣