I’m new here and will say I’m guilty of upvoting my own shit half the time. I read that it’s kinda ok to do if you are new. Guess it’s kinda frowned upon though so maybe I should stop being pathetic and quit it. Lol. I do feel as though I am putting out quality posts in my specific field yet the followers just aren’t coming or are very slow to come. All I see if posts for follow for follow or sone scheme to get votes or follows. I guess it’s the slow build for me which I’m ok with if it’s actual genuine folks who are interested in what I’m posting. Just kinda bugs me seeing folks pumping pure dogshit and they are getting recognized and rewarded while others who put out killer content, get unnoticed. That’s life I guess.
Sorry for the novel. Lol
Its a powerful tool to connect with other Steemians and exchange votes, especially when starting out.
Of course on days you don't have time to look for other good posts etc it won't matter much if you just self-vote, especially during times like now where the system is making everyone turn into self-voters/vote-traders or selling votes to bid bots which all is pretty much self-voting 90-100% leaving almost no organic curation left.
We might see some changes coming soon hopefully.
I think it is pretty universal to upvote one's own posts on Steem. Self-upvoting comments seems to be frowned upon.
Attention economy is the keyword when it comes to Steem. It's perfectly fine, in my opinion, for conversation partners to reciprocally upvote each other. That's what monetization of attention means. A conversation is a tango that takes at least two to dance. You can put out quality content in a post, upvote nobody and receive a ton of upvotes. But if you're the sort that is drawn to comment section action, not upvoting anybody there is kind of lame even if you honestly thought you were the only one making quality comments.
I think there still is quite a lot of organic curation here. Most people upvote each other in their own circles which is natural and what this platform is all about. Then there are people who are early adopters with massive SP who have a more platform wide perspective and who create manual curation guilds and stuff, which is great.
I truly wonder though how sone people have the amount of followers that they do. It’s kibda baffling to be honest. Is it all just horseshit? Should I just keep doing what I’m doing and my following will slowly build? I dont mind the organic growth but it sucks seeing inferior accounts tear shit up in the circles im in. Ya know?
A lot of the 2016'ers have large numbers of followers. That's because they also have large amounts of Steem Power. People gravitate to their blogs in hopes of upvotes. Then there is a small number of superior content producers who may have started much later. Others may have been very popular on other social media before starting on Steem.
Otherwise, organic growth is the faster the better your content, the more powerful your supporters and the better you market it and the more money you spend on purchasing Steem Power.
Fantastic explanation! Thx a ton. Make a tad more sense. Didn’t even think of a few of those factors.
I forgot to mention that the passage of time alone is enough to make you rack up more followers. Slowly, though.
Changes!?!??!? Give me the inside scoop, @acidyo!!
Was just referring to HF20.