Yup-yup! When I first came here I was actually mentored by a group of Nigerians who gave me a list of the biggest players on Steemit and just told me to go hunt dem whales. I tried to follow their advice for a little while and then got bored. It just doesn't fit me, it feels fake and unsatisfying. I prefer to go around being myself, only commenting on threads I like, etc.
I still see them around in the biggest players' comment threads, pretending to care about everything. They're smaller than me now hahahaha. It's cute.
Hahaha! Yeah, it's like "hey, look at me! I'm down here! Heeey!" raising hands and jumping around
Also, those people up there receive a lot of comments and follows from minnows.
It's a bit hard on them since a lot of fake people come to their comment sections and pretend to have read the post, so they cannot distinguish the lazy commenters (I've had some who I know read the post but go "Good post :)" in the comment section) from the spammers who just copy and paste the same thing over and over everywhere.
But at the same time it's great since they can be assured that if they ever produce something good, it's gonna be read! Some of my stories, I'm scared they might not be appreciated even after putting a great effort on them. I'm super glad that I've been getting a ton of views and comments lately tho. :)
I bet it's hard! Going through the comments may take as much as creating the initial post. Fortunately, spammers don't have a long life on steemit, even though it may take some time. Too bad that people do not realise that comments are actualy posts and they should give the same attention like anything they publish.
I am glad you got good response on your work! Keep it up! Even if you fear readers won't like it, publish it! Some will like it and appreciate it!