Feeling Disrespected,

this prompt seems to fit what I read and bumped into recently. A feeling is a feeling and there isn't much we can do against it but it is good to ventilate.
Lately, I read (see the pinned talk in xpilar) a comment where it is said that those big fish in the Steemit ocean should give a good example by commenting and answering all those replies. I partly agree, partly as in we should engage and everyone should. But... a big fish is not always achieved by joining one engagement contest after the next. In most cases, we talk about investors. People who decided to change their money for Steem and save it on this platform. As we all know: the bigger the wallet the higher the Steem level.
If you can't afford to buy Steem the only way up is by writing, earning, and investing (powering up). Nothing wrong with that and a plus is you meet people, you read them (always good if you struggle what to write about), and with some luck those you upvote, upvote you back with more than 0 or even a minus upvote.

No system is perfect and no platform is. Indeed most of us hardly earn on whatever it is we leave behind of us on Steemit since that is what we do. What we post is a part of us also if it is one of the worst posts, just a note or a picture. It is our very personal footprint on Steemit. Those reading us will know all about us. The good things, the bad, the crazy and lazy stuff, the funny things, and even our depression and mood swings.

Should we be so polite to answer each comment?
Is it impolite if you don't answer every comment?
I agree it is not very polite, it can be painful for a serious commenter to be ignored (let's be fair it's not always easy to leave a good comment, to find the right words, next to thatcommenting is hard and not per se wanted) but those with a higher level, the active Steemians will have to deal with more than ten comments per day.

If you write you can expect comments, if you read others and leave a comment you can expect a response.

Imagine you have a life, a job, hobbies, and Steemit. You write which takes time and next to that you have 90 or more comments daily to answer. I know for me this is impossible. I also know there's an easy trick to avoid talking up and down (which saves time) so indeed at times I give these comments (lucky for me about 80% of my comments aren't answered or I receive an 'okay' or 'thank you for your comment'. Is such a comment satisfying? Is it better than a thumbs-up? To me, it all depends on who wrote it.

The not-answering discussion is an old one. I remember it from longer ago, from before the hard fork. The struggle to improve engagement is from day number one Steemit saw the daylight. The thing is many people simply do not know what to say. (Yes, commenting can be learned but it takes time and using AI is for a part of the 'good' commenters the easiest way to do this task.)
Taken into account should be the fact most Steemians have a busy life and just hop by to post, lookfor a bit distraction, entertainment next to struggling with translators and... misunderstanding each other.

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Misunderstanding
It happened to me today. My short comment left yesterday while struggling with Steemit felt insulting and the reply I received was far from friendly. I answered since what was thought was the opposite of what I intended to say but after I did so (and told my son) I decided to let it be and to no longer upvote this person or the aid it offers to third persons.

What should be clear is that the hands of many are tight.
Although, I still try to answer everyone it takes way too many hours of my life. I'll be honest with you I have no intention to spend the entire summer over 15 hours per day on Steemit.
I'm doing my stinking best to answer everyone. Each answer and comment might not be the longest or most attentive one but it's something I can't avoid. I'm sure not many are so dedicated to invest that many hours as I do (well people like @patjewell do). So please, have some mercy on all those who do answer even if it takes longer or it's just a short response. It is not easy to always be that good example besides no one gets paid for doing so.

A feeling is a feeling and feelings should be taken seriously.
I fully agree that if whoever it is never answers any comment it's not okay but on the other hand if this is the case it might be smart if you no longer invest your time in reading, commenting, and upvoting these posts.
Let it be! If you like a chat invest time in people willing to answer. Nothing wrong in doing so.
If it comes to commenting you are free to do so or not.

@jaynie wrote a good article about us people moving around in our comfort zone. It is what many automatically do, but if you want to engage for real, meet, hear, or read something new the only option left is to have a look somewhere else. There are plenty of communities, blogs to discover. Staying in your comfort zone is not different from going to the same camping site for over twenty years meeting the same people, seeing the same faces and never meeting someone new.

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Prompts: feeling disrespected
30-5-2024
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