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You're welcome. I didn't make myself clear before I guess. For instance.. I just clicked on your poem and it says 11 views at the bottom. 200 up votes.. that's what I was talking about. I only looked at it like three times to make sure I was seeing it correctly. Which it doesn't seem to count passed my first view. It's like most of yours are whales / people don't even read it, just up vote. You do have a ton of followers so I bet it's people that have something set to up vote at a particular time after a post shows up on certain peoples accounts. Like steemvoter or something similar. Congrats on your success. You deserve what you get. Also, if you want to know the best time for you to post..

https://joticajulian.github.io/steem-activity/index.html?lang=en-US&account=johnjgeddes

Scroll to where it says best time and it will have your top four times to post. According to your account. BTW anyone can use this tool for theirs by typing in their name in the top left. The guy who created it is in the top right. For those that were unaware of this information.

yes, I use voting apps, and sometimes bots boost a post's value.
A few months agoI couldn't get 20 votes to post on steemland (it's now defunct) so you must be patient and keep posting good content until you get noticed.

I always post at 2pm and 8-9pm EST. I know some time slots are busier than others, but my followers are on at those times and can count on my posting in that window. You have to be predictably consistent every day, every time