Recently, I was asked to help some minnows by tipping them. The engagement level was quite high. I got one strong message from some of the minnows I really want to support.
"My content stands on it's own, could you please just Resteem my work.", said the minnow.
I have heard the arguments and I get it. I follow you, because I like your work, and I don't want to see what you are resteeming.
I am attempting to respect the balance, but I think because the UI is young, it can be more difficult than it should be for new users to get traction. My conclusion, I like to resteem. If you need to unfollow me for that, I completely understand.
Why do I think it is beneficial to help the new-users? My opinion is more eyes, more types of content (not just my type) is good for the value of Steem. There are many opposing views and many of them valid. This is the stance I have decided to take.
I love discussion and debate, so whether you agree or disagree I would like to hear your opinion.
I think it benefits everyone. Some of the whales just don't post the same good content they used to, because it's just too easy for them to make money. There's no incentive for them to go above and beyond. The new blood here has the urge to prove themselves. They tend to post good content that gets overlooked. Upvoted.
Thanks @clayford08, I understand we have to be careful not overdo it, but I completely agree.
I completely agree
I agree, being my blog is dedicated to my work only I don't really resteem posts but, I would probably start if there was a separate page such as "comments" or "replies" specifically for user's resteems. That way author's content isn't lost in the sauce of their resteemed posts. I think this would be a great change if this were to be implemented. What do you think?
I agree. The UI could make it easier. I don't get the impression they are ready to, or if they ever will develop out the UI of SteemIt. My impression based on communication is it isn't a priority to SteemIt, Inc.
You're right, I don't see them making any major UI changes anytime soon. Maybe close to mass adoption? Hopefully? There's a small list of things I feel that absolutely need to be added though, and this would be one of them. I think my dilemma is a perfect example of why some things need to be tweaked or added. I often I see a really cool post and want to resteem it but I'm totally OCD about my blog and everything on it has to be my own work. I'm sure other users are in a similar boat and would like to see some sort of separation between their own content and the content they resteem.
I do not represent them in anyway, but I suspect they are sending a message to the community to build a UI with the feature you want, vs making suggestions .. I am basing this on my personal reaction to their marketing efforts and communication with the community.
I agree with this. I was very confused looking at different authors' profile pages, thinking that all the posts under their "Blog" section was written by that person. Separating them under two different tabs or at least adding profile pictures of the original author to the post card would definitely help tell them apart.
Man, they (Steemit.inc) need to come up with a new UI. So many users, followers, resteems... i can never keep track of who im following or who i care to follow anymore...
This is the first post ive seen from you in my followers section in like a week.
Idk, i agree resteeming is good, and its fine to do as long as this rule is followed:
"Use in Moderation"
-some people i had to unfollow because of the hot finger resteeming action. I couldnt take it anymore lol
100% agreement. I lost your posts for a while too, and suddenly started to see them again. :)
The UI is young, the UI is young. lol
Awe yes... this is something us in cryptoland fail to realize.
1 year is young
For crypto traders its like an eternity!
Got to keep in mind how ugly FB was for like the first 5 years ;)
What happens if you 'mute' somebody? Does this mean that that persons blog doesn't show up anymore? If so could that be an idea?
Honestly, i find muting someone to be 'wrong' in my opinion. Just doesnt feel right.
Who knows, they could post something you like in the future and you may want to follow them again. Muting destroys that, kind of saying you want that persons blog to die lol.
Thanks I obviously didn't understand what that feature does then!
As a newbie still, resteeming is very helpful to our growth. In my opinion that would be a silly reason to unfollow someone. They can just scroll right on past the resteems. Thanks
I think us beginners don't get enough traction to even start getting views. So many posts in a day, the good ones fade away rather quickly :(
Followed you :)
Great article and I couldnt agree with you more. It is always nice to help and I see the steemit comunity as a friendly and helpful one . No hate here like on fbibook or twitt. Peace and clarity for all! hope all of you succeed in whatever you are trying to accomplish! Steem on brother!
I am one of the few that thinks FB serves a purpose. In addition, my behavior is different here, as I am invested. ;)
I want to see you be successful as well.
Thanks for stopping by.
FB purpose? yes as a marketing platform and to build database on a large amount of people, also to spy and watch your every click and message. Did I miss anything? What purpose do you see in FB? Also thanks for the upvote, means alot for a new guy!
Well I have moved a lot in my life and my friends and family are spread out. FB is a really nice way for me to keep up with my "Real Life" people.
I love it for that. I have friends from nearly every job that I have had, most of the schools I have attended. I am not good at snail mail, so I love it for the social aspect.
Here, I have met new interesting people that know different people, different cultures, etc. Also, as I said, I am invested. So, two different things. (just my view)
I for one greatly enjoy the rewards from resteems.
It may not always garnish more revenue, but it draws the attention that I enjoy, especially with my Pixel Art Weekly contest.
Agreed.
I thinks resteem is very important and it will be better used if it be encourage and reward like upvote.
It is very true, the more the new guy gets traction the more he will bring in others= stronger steem= better for everyone.
Upvoted + followed you mate!
I have read many books that state, "No Man (woman) Succeeds Alone". (of course they state it in different terms) Successful people surround themselves with teams of people that have different skill sets, and different abilities. Together they help each other rise!
i've always been a 'a rising tide floats all boats' kinda guy-we all make it together or none of us make it (contrary to the common popular myth of the self-made man or woman). we all need a hand up sometimes - notice i didn't say a 'hand out'. we all have something to contribute and need to be respected for the value we add not envied for the material wealth or power we horde
I love that you pointed out the difference between a hand up and a hand out.
As Aristotle would say, observe the golden mean. Some stuff is good and must be RS'd! But don't go overboard.
Agreed
I am kinda new to steemit as well, but I always try to resteem from time to time so small people can get their content seen as well. Social media platforms live from sharing. But I agree, that there should be some option to hide resteems if one doesn't like to see them.
I am volunteering on a science project where the blog cant really re-steem articles. On my own steemit, again it would be a distraction to re-steem an article however, I would like to. Having a tab would work to separate a creators content and those articles they are interested in promoting.
My own very rough rule of thumb, is that I only follow people who post more content than they resteem, and a total of five posts and resteems combined each day is the maximum.
I make exceptions, but not many because I want to choose what I see on my timeline and not be overwhelmed by anyone else's choices.
We are all different, I like simplicity, space, and a very interesting timeline
I resteem here and there, but very haphazardly. No real pattern, sometimes it's people I follow or who follow me, sometimes it's just good content I stumbled onto at the New page. I suppose that by the time if/when I become a dolphin, I might be more systematic about it.
Somewhat off-topic, one of the whales I follow and resteemed is showing up greyed out on my blog page all of a sudden. Has this happened to anyone else?
A whale got downvoted enough to grey them out!!? Wow! That must have taken several bigger whales a while to get them that low. Mind you, I guess one could buy their way to whaledom without actually having all that much reputation.
Update: I just looked at your wall/blog and don't see any hidden posts there. I believe when you say "greyed out" you mean it is no longer bold. Any entries that are bold are entries that you have not clicked on yet. Once you click one to open it, it loses the bold attribute and looks "grey". It took me a while to figure that out, so when I did, I included that in 1 of my 2 articles that tell people about all the things I learned about this Steemit platform. (I'm kind of a stickler for details and like to learn as much as I can about anything I'm interested in.)
Duh. It was just me being incompetent. Looks like I had somehow accidentally muted the account.
Ah, glad you figured it out!
yes, as a newbie still I do think this is a big problem. I have tried to encourage a few friends to get onto steemit. But, I myself became quickly frustrated. I see people making tons of cash by posting 3 photos or something. Well, I've done some of those kinds of posts and my posts do not even show up in the keyword search. I don't get that. Why use the keywords if steemit just ignores them anyway. Or at least ignores them for us newbies I guess. I'm already tired of people on here that use their posting simply to brag how much money they are making and then people upvote them to give them even more. ridiculous.
how the hell am I supposed to get eyes around here? keywords don't do it.
Resteeming is important to help others but to also share good content. Great article, thanks.
There are posts that I wouldn't get in my feed if I didn't follow Steemers like you, keep it up, thank you, I like seeing fresh stuff in my feed.
Having an isolated section for resteems may sound like a great way to sort things out, but unless one makes the effort to periodically CHECK that section, it is likely it will become forgotten and all the good posts that were worthy of a resteem will have been missed. Its a catch 22 situation in my opinion.
In the month that I have been here on Steemit, I have only unfollowed one person and that was not because of resteems, but because they were posting way too many articles each and every day that were just not worthy of my time.
On the other hand, I have discovered many really good posts via resteems, so I think it is worth it to sort through my feed and have the opportunity to at least evaluate what the people I follow think are worthy posts. For the most part, I'm not disappointed in what I find.
On my own page, of course I want people to be able to readily recognize my posts from those that I resteem. The resteem icon does that, however it could be made a little more obvious (especially for new users). I think that change would be better than having an entirely separate section for resteems. I don't just willy nilly resteem stuff; it has to be something I think is worth resteeming, so if its on my page, its probably worth looking at.
I just bookmarked your post ... @whatsup
As a reminder to whom i will turn to in my next post for the push that every one needs .
Good post keep up good work
This is why I like Steemit. People actually want to help people. Thanks for posting this and standing up up for the little guys. I appreciate it and don't mind it as a follower. If you are looking for a post to resteem, you could help me take more food to the Food Bank next week by resteeming this post... https://steemit.com/steemit/@walkingkeys/steemit-i-could-use-some-help-feeding-the-homeless
Resteeming is fine with me, a long as it's not to the point of flooding others' home pages. I've met a few people who go over the top.
lol, we always have the overdoers. ;)
I just figured out how to re steem your post to my followers!!!
I luv it that you are asking fo our opinion. I think helping new people is good because everybody makes this a nice place to be....... i found a lot of good people on here and some of them are new also like me
even if I dont get my post re steemed just seeing somebody else had it done for them is encouraging to many of us....... so yes i think it is important
I don't like to see feeds that are nothing but resteemed content, so I personally try to have no more than a 50/50 balance of original content and resteemed material in my personal blog.
Resteeming is definitely good for the community though, and I welcome the idea of established users who carefully resteem quality content more heavily as well as minnows sharing the posts of others as they explore.
I have found many interesting posts only because people I follow shared them.
I completely agree. I try to keep my resteems "under" the number of original content.
I've seen it from some of the people I follow, It can get annoying but I trust that there will be ways later to see less or still follow someone but not see their resteems on my feed. It's just something to deal with atm. Followed-
@whatsup Would you resteem this article of my? Now it is too late, but asking just out of curiosity https://steemit.com/anarchy/@cmoljoe/anarchy-and-voluntaryism-are-our-only-solutions
There are three things I can do to support good work, as I see it. One, I can upvote. It's the easiest. To me it says, "you did well here and deserve to be rewarded." Two is the resteem. It's also fairly easy, but it says "not only should you be rewarded by me, but my followers should also see what you have to say, so they can reward you as well." Three is the comment, which says "I want to personally encourage you to keep going, and to post more things like this." The comment is the hardest, and rewards the creator in a different way, not necessarily with money.
I think your attitude about resteeming is fine, and serves to boost the community (which is why I follow you). Anything that does that should be welcome in this space.
Resteeming can be tricky if your
When it comes down to it, if you follow people for their content then what they resteem only adds to that over all value.
One of the reasons why I enjoy your content is because I believe you take the time to think about the ripple effect that your actions + content may have. 100% behind you here!
This is a good post. Since Steemit is not Facebook, we have to understand that new, quality content is valued on this platform.
All you gotta do is scroll down a little to see the author's work if you are not interested to check the resteems.
I think it's awesome people resteem!
It's awesome to support people especially when the content is good and when you can see they have put a lot of effort into it!
I think resteem are good, I just think it's bad when resteeming is ALL someone does. I am trying to get a contest started, my aim is to give new users an opportunity to earn by creating original content. It's not doing as well as I'd like but I'm young here and not as connected as I need to be, still I'm going to keep it going.
I agree, the platform GUI does make it difficult to get noticed, especially as more people join and posting rate goes to the moon.
Last week, @samstonehill resteemed my contest and it shot up in views and votes, so resteeming does help a lot. I suppose finding the balance is what needs to be done, like you said. It does annoy me when I think, hmm, imma check you out, go to your feed and find loads of resteems and very few original pieces.