So before I get to posting my next blog entry about camping and hiking I had to vent and ask this question:
What is with all the stupid crap posts and comments on here?
Now I'm not claiming to be some great writer or photographer but when it comes to posting on here I try. This is, by design, a blogging site. It is not setup to function the same as a social network. You judge, and are entertained by what other people post and they do the same for you.
Let me describe a few things I've seen in here that make me scratch my head in confusion.
*1. Terrible photos.
Like I said I'm not a photographer. I'm probably even going to use a couple sub par pictures in my next blog post because they are the only ones I have, but I'm also not going to submit them to a contest either.
The other day I seriously saw a flower photo, taken with a background of concrete and I think maybe someone's foot, where the foot was in better focus than the flower, submitted to a photo contest.
Just... why? You don't have to be an artist to understand that's a bad photo.
The great thing about this site is that you can post whatever you want. This person lives in a different country than me. It would probably be far more interesting to me to just hear about their day and where they live. If it isn't interesting then at least they tried. At least they put some effort into this platform.
*2. Stupid comments to my posts.
My favorite is the variation of "it's nice post 👍"
What made me write this whole rant was seeing this as a response to a post where the person specifically asked a question and was expecting answers in the comments. Clearly this poster did not actually read the post.
What are they going to get out of their stupid comment? I don't get it. Do they think that this will get them followers? They can't be that stupid, can they?
*3. Copy paste posts.
Obviously the first problem is plagiarism but beyond that I've actually seen boring plagiarized posts. Without elaborating, attempting to spur a discussion or inserting your own opinion, what is the point?
If I wanted to read readily available news then I go to a news site. I don't need it here.
I seriously read a conversation on the discord channel where a guy was arguing with @therealwolf over the fact that he was blacklisted.
Dude was blacklisted because he upvoted a 2 sentence post reporting that a guy was shot somewhere near the Pakistan border. No other info, no insight, no elaborating, yet he seriously argued that he was doing a service by keeping it short and to the point. The logic, or lack there of, is mind boggling.
I don't really have a point to my rant so I'll end it for now. Keep an eye on the comments below, let's see what happens. No to just pick a terrible picture to go along with it. Hey, the internet loves cats!
Hehe nice gif.
Oh no, I can feel it coming! I can´t control myself! (my face turns red)... aaaarrrgggggghhhh..... NICE POST!
Sorry, I just got posessed by the spirit of a troll for a little while there.
Let me shed some light on the subject:
The ARE stupid people out there that believe that they are going to farm likes with no effort at all, so they use the beggar strategy. Their mindset is to bother thousands of people with one liners, and even if they get a few votes, they are happy. That´s virtual panhandling, and these people don´t get that they are just wasting their time, because their time is worth only cents...
A slightly less sad version of that is the "minimum effort" approach, which is the one people like the one who took the flower-shoe photo you mentioned have: it´s basically doing something just well enough so people won´t flag you but without putting any real effort into it, and reap the rewards. Again, what these people don´t see, is that the rewards when you don´t put any effort are so little that its not even worth it.
What is truly sad is that the problem does not come from the steemit network, but from the sad state culture is in some parts of the world. You give them a wonderful tool for communication and authorship rewards, and all they see is a begging platform.
We must change the culture of scarcity and minimum effort, or else those humans will have no future. And yes, I bet their doing the same thing in their real life too.
I only hope that eventually they will get bored and go away.
In my experience, they eventually do. I once trolled one of them leaving him replais like: "do you even read this?", or "you should be ashamed of yourself, you get an F for effort", but they don´t read the replies, at all. Ignoring them has been the best course...
Just like in the real world. There are two types of beggars. They both want your money, but one actually looks at you and tries to connect with you, and the second one it´s like a panhandling robot.
The first type gets to me, and I´ve been known to even buy them food like hamburgers and stuff on occasions, and I´ve even stayed half an hour chatting them up every now and then, since like every human being down on the weather, they need company too. Usually they are just normal people who had troubles they couldn´t recover from.
The second type had lost touch with their humanity, and yours too, and are out there just to scam you.
It´s quite easy to distinguish between both of them once you get used to it...
I missed this whole post of yours. I've met some interesting people with stories to share. A homeless gentleman in Kingston Jamaica by the name of Donovan gave me some very helpful advice about love once.
All culture has been homogenized with the internet and Tv. All we have left are small holdouts that will be called unsocial or old time thinkers that need to learn the new world views. Get along or get away. I wish us all luck in the future.
There are some cheerful thoughts! Sadly, they are true nonetheless. However, I still have faith in humanity... am I too naive for having it? maybe...
Naive is how we all should be. Simple and sweat. Loving and helpful. I just wish there were more like you. Best wishes to you wolfenlord.
You may be lucky even to get a comment. I give paintings away for free and they still don't comment to win? I think they are chasing a quick up vote payoff. There loss. Wishes.
I haven't been keeping an eye on my feed. I should see what new art you have on your blog.
Send me your email. :)
[email protected]
Sorry, what painting did you want?
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You made me laugh and spill my coffee With this reply. O' by the way "nice post"
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