All you say is true. It is also a way for the author to remember you.
You keep appearing on my posts, I cant get rid of you. LOL
I am not sure if it takes on greater meaning on steemit versus other places but it is imperative. New people should spend 80% of their time for the first couple months just commenting.
That would do them very well to build up an account.
I'm trying to become memorable without the gimmicky use of gif's or the like :p
I think it may have greater meaning here simply because of the way the platform is designed in regards to rewards/reputation. In any case, I am following your thoughts as well, spending a good 90% of my time commenting. It is helping my account, but I'm finding it has an even greater benefit - I'm getting to know those people who I follow and comment regularly. And some of them may even be getting to know me as I try to make the comments conversational rather than simply one-off's. Well, it seems the right thing to do in any case and makes Steemit more fun for me.
Screw being memorable....be consistent....that is more important and will make you memorable.
Yes commenting enables us to determine who to follow and who not to....lets be honest, there are some real pieces of work on here who I wouldnt follow on a bet....and the nice thing is to find out.
People tend to be overt with their behavior...it doesnt take long in looking through the comment lot to see how they are....
Good one is to be followed...bad to be avoided. It is that simple for me.
I'm definitely becoming more consistent now that I have a handle on the basics of the platform. And hopefully after months of being consistent I can also become memorable - in a good way.
And yes, I've already come across some of these pieces of work in my short time here. The good thing is that the good seems to outweigh the bad here by a long-shot, at least that's my impression so far. And as you said good = followed, bad = avoided. And it's that simple to do as well.
Off to do a school pick-up and then gymnastics. Enjoy the rest of your day.