What a great way to get people to comment on post with something other than 'I like you. I like your post. Please up vote this post................." @aggroed posted a story about a guy who didn't post on SteemIT for 2 months. He just sifted through the stories and commented on post he liked and felt had relevance to him. After 2 months he had 200 followers. Followers who he wanted and who he knew he would be interested in. Initially I followed some people because I didn't know any better. After they continually posted youtube videos and short commentaries on content they never created, I had to unfollow them to free up my feed from 'garbage' like gaming screenshots.

I think this is the importance of making substantial comments and investing in the time to read something you are interested in. Some authors spend hours writing stories and creating content, only to receive the 'follow me, I follow you' comments and no significant commentary. To build the platform and the community, we need to leave constructive comments where it is warranted. Thanks for starting this conversation!