Wow, what a great comment! You've made a serious impact on my life, thank you! Please follow me, I'll follow you...what the hell am I doing?
This doesn't work, it's never worked, and yet people still do it. You're right, where are the meaningful comments? And @nathen007? You raise a very good point about how people aren't willing to put in the effort to truly grow their network.
I regularly remind people that your name is a brand. @ddrfr33k is a brand. @glugster is a brand. Your interests, the things you like to talk about, that's part of your brand. The way you show yourself online is your brand. And when you annoy the piss out of everyone around you, you tarnish your brand. You have to show your best image at all times.
Not everyone got that memo, it seems...
I'm not a brand, I'm just me. If I were a brand I'd have not just tarnished, I'd have rusted to dust years ago...but I'm too long in the tooth to worry too much about how I'm perceived.
Thanks for dropping by and commenting :-)