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You have to be missed if you don't show up.

I kept posting original content at least once a day, sometimes more, commenting, upvoting posts by authors whose interests are similar to mine, participating in contests, organizing contests myself, making friendships this way. It is a very organic process.

By the way, now the number is changing much slower than before. However, it's better to focus on creating value today than on numbers.

Keep posting something no one but you can, or in other words, be yourself and become a helpful member of the community that interests you. Then little by little you will be missed if you don't show up.

"First, they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win" (M. Gandhi).