I didn't read your comment, but I'll just upvote it and say "follow for follow".
No but for real, networking is really great. It's just a shame even the "Talk to other people" can be so misunderstood. At worst, someone tries to "talk" to people with spamming comments. "I just tried to make friends".
I can see you're not new for being so well aware of these things. The meaningful comments are the joy of Steemit. I'm happy with the payouts too, but you can't really sense the real appreciation through only the upvotes. "Did he vote me because I'm good or because of something else?"
People can comment even if they don't think you're good and you'll know it. "You suck, dumbass" or such is a better thing than someone just skips past your post and doesn't react in any way.
Agree. I’d rather make an impact - any impact - than no impact at all.
But I can’t go around saying ‘you suck, dumbass’ every time I think so. That would be spamming - lol