the only organic way to grow unfortunately.
Why unfortunately? This is the great way to meet some awesome people here on chain... and I have met a bunch of them and I hope I will in the future...
And you are 100% right, people always search for shortcuts through spamming, 2-word comments without reading a post... But, it doesn't work that way... ;)
Only unfortunately as it takes hours and hours lol. I think I spent about 8 hours a day for the first 18 months growing my account and have been fortunate enough to start at the right time. I never came with any ideas of making money as I stumbled upon the place quite by accident. There are loads of great people here and most of the ones here now have been here for a long time already.