Certainly, users come with high hopes and leave without putting in much effort. That's the crypto story. But until EOS aids a competitor, Steemit is what we got. And it is my understanding that Steemit eagerly awaits EOS.
I joined about 45 days ago.
My ID is ~707,000
After 30 days there were ~800,000
Now there are 878,911
Estimated for my next 30 days is ~ 950,000
If Steemit is in exponential growth, I can't see users of FB, Twitter, and others not recognizing the advertising problem. I figure at 10 million users, which can occur by next year.
The biggest factor I believe is the ongoing growth AFTER the fall of Bitcoin prices in January.
You really have a lot of followers .. I can see how in the end its a numbers game and the more followers, the more upvotes .. just simple math .. I'm focusing on my obscure content no one really cares about but no one is following me, I think you're strategy of following 10,000 people to get 1,000 followrs is a good one. Did you use a bot of some sort to follow people?
No bot on the followers. I think Steemit devs did away with some of that (i.e. @steemfollower). I followed a bunch of people early on. Thought it a good networking idea to follow the people some of the big fish do. I'm from NJYC metro so I always seem to juggle a bigger friends list than most. I am extremely adept at managing large groups without programming, bot or logistical assistance. Have been reading high speed information wires for decades- ever since delivering papers from the metro streets on a BMX.
I say I read content first in about 10% of my followers. The rest are like recommendation of others follow/follower lists. For instance, Ned, Dan, Stan, anyone in aviation, etc. I noticed my followers tend to grow on days I post content. I always use all five tags. Usually my content rolls off of stuff happening on Steemit. Then there are things like contests, Steemjet, and @artzone. I also use @smartsteem, and am on Discord with @curie, @minnowsupport, and on Telegram for new ICOs and stuff.
I respond to my share of comments and always reply.
If you have obscure content, and need to reach people in the alleyways of the Internet, then try starting you own hashtag. Just send me a link to your post once you get a game plan of of how to lure flies to your zapper. #Steemjet did this well. It is quite liberal in promoting the Steemit platform. In contrast, #eos enforces EOS only content.
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Im not sure if I agree with you.
Im a social media marketer and I realized that common believe "more followers = better" doesnt work here.
You want quality followers. Those that not only are active but mostly those who have some solid steam power. I rather having 500 followers (knowing that 50% of them have some solid SP) than 10k followers which are beginners.
Contact me on: [email protected] and I will be happy to help build some reach