2016-08-18
Welcome Steemers,
Have you noticed everyone following the top whales, posting top whale ratings, upvoting & replying to there bad posts. Well I think we need to change your eating habits (upvotes), and get a little beef in you. Most of the whales post are bad, yes very bad, it reached the point now were people are replying "is this post worth $2000". The top trending users posts are all +56 & above score reputation, and their post is not actually good.
There are lots of new comers with great content that have below 55 rating, that are only getting a few upvotes. If we started to read more users posts without looking at the reputation score, i believe the top trending posts will be a mixed reputation score, with better content to read. The 55 & below has lots to offer, you have to find that diamond in the rough and upvote great posts.
"more followers then leaders"
The majority of users are below 55, in life the majority rules in everything, but then there's always more followers then leaders. This is why whales are posting anything without worrying if it's good or not. Don't get me wrong there's some good whales on steemit, these whales can also help the 55 & below by upvoting there post and commenting on great post that should be popular.
If your rating is below 55, your going to have to work extremely hard by pounding posts after post to get noticed. They'll tell you go to steem chat to network... If your like me chat boxes is not my thing, but my 14 year old daughter loves chat boxes and posting avatars & happy faces. Don't send your steem to whale's with your links asking them to look at it. They have lots of money, you don't, so it doesn't make any sense to become poorer.
"find your own style"
Find or create flashy new pictures to grab people's attention when there scrolling to upvote posts. Get very creative for titles, don't copy other styles, make your own style, and you will get noticed. Ending with a conclusion is just copying other people's style like what they teach you in school... Remember when "Blair Witch Project" came out and now almost every movie is copying there style. Don't copy others, find your own style, you will succeed to be a leader and a whale.
Lets upvote better content and make a better steemit community.
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A big thank you to all my supporters
Picture image by - @kristylynn
https://steemit.com/steemit/@kristylynn/look-closer-at-the-steemit-logo
great post @bola, looking at the top trending posts now your post says it all.
Thank you
keep up the great work
thank you again
I'm right there with ya (a few points below, actually) but there's a reason why most people won't upvote us in the 40s and 50s. It's not because our content is good or bad, it's because our content is not predicted to trend. For someone to upvote you, they are literally betting that the post will trend (in 99% of cases). That's what Steemit is asking them to do - to speculate on trends. Once you get good at that, your rep number will rise and you can then determine trends on your own. But at 46 (and 44, respectively) we can only jump in by predicting what will trend currently. The good news is that when you get good at these predictions, the curation rewards still make this a profitable place for minnows and dolphins.
I agree with you 100%
Upvoted and followed, i feel your pain. I dont think any of my posts are that good but here a post on a like subject.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@eight-rad/darling-we-need-a-cunning-plan
Thanks for replying, ill check it out your post.