Awesome article, thanks for a great read. - Resteemed!
What you've laid out here is also the exact reasons that I do what I do. Even though I personally believe that all authors should focus on their own blog for starters, (upvote & reply to all comments).
One should comment on other authors articles too. That's what I've been struggling with. To find the necessary time to do it.
Between the time it takes for me to write, edit and publish my own articles, the time it takes me to respond and upvote comments on my articles I also spend time to read and upvote content...
And truth to be told, there's not much time left after that.
However, I'm trying to come up with a more appropriate solution for it, as I know that comments are extremely valuable not only for myself, but for the authors as well.
Great comment and I agree....it gets tough to do it all when things get rolling...I understand how easy it is to fall behind. I was gone most of the day and I am just now catching up....I even had to set up a hot spot to get on here.
Yeah I hear you!
I've honestly thought about having some sort of 2/5 schedule. 5 active days per week on Steemit. (With the last 2 days as a bonus/extra).
3 out of these 5 days, I'll write and publish articles myself. Respond to comments & upvote content.
The remaining 2 days, would be similar but I would not publish articles myself. Still upvote content obviously, but focus on commenting on other authors content instead.
I haven't been able to decide yet though, but I will do some changes for 2018.
If you figure it out, please share with me... it would be helpful to know what works.
hehe yeah, I will! :)