This seems to be a growing trend here on Steemit.
As a newbie minnow, I'm noticing a number of differences.
The more followers someone has the less they are able to respond. I get that but should they not at least respond in a general comment?
Are we able to see their commenting history on other posts? Perhaps they are busy replying and commenting on others' posts in their network?
I also have a general question. Why do some people say it is bad to upvote their own articles, posts, replies, and comments?
I was told by a friend with a very large following I should upvote all my posts. articles, videos, replies, comments, etc.
He said it used to be seen as a self-promoting, not the best thing to do sort of tactic, but now it should be seen as I am a real person trying to keep up with all the bots out there.
My question to the group is: Would it or does it help a minow like me to upvote my posts? Like this one.
Or should I just give in and start using more and more of the different bots out there?
I have tried both. Not sure which one works better.
They can respond to some comment if they have too many, but to not respond to any... that's cold...
Comments are plenty if you engage. Upvoting yourself all over is "bad form". Posts are more limitd as they take more work, so ideally if the whole community was upvoting others for their content, we could do away with self-voting, but sadly so many are stuck in autovotes or selling votes that they don't upvote other people's content. I used to not selfvote posts, but I do now. Don't use bots. Upvote your own posts, not comments.