Hey @glenalbrethsen, I'm with you here, and left a long comment as well! I won't repeat it all, but I too have to have integrity here, and I'm hoping that the majority of people feel the same way. The one's who don't will always be here, but my focus won't be on them, it will be on those people who feel the exact same way...people like you:)
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I went and read your comments. This is another comment of mine where I probably could have worded it better. I meant to tell spiritualmax what I felt but I think it came out more direct than I was wanting it to.
Yours on the other hand was much more polite. :)
I am here for the money-making aspect of Steemit. That was the initial attraction. In fact, it was really the only one presented to me. Which will probably prove to be a good thing, because had I known then about the extent of all that goes on here (I knew some of the surface things), I might have not joined.
Now that I'm here, making something is still very important to me, but the other thing that is still important is having an ever widening audience reading my posts because they like what I'm writing, not because I've become their friend or networked with them or marketed it to them in a way that connects with them.
Ultimately, what I write should be what connects. The creation, not the sell.
Building relationships, making friends, etc., is another great benefit to being here, that may have even greater effects on our lives that go beyond the reward pool. But as I said above, I don't expect anyone to upvote everything I post because they know and like me. I'm trying to do my upvoting based on what I find as valuable in the content and I'm hoping that others are doing likewise.
Now with comments, I'm probably more liberal with rewards, because I think the interaction is rewardable just as much as the content of the comment.
So, I'm happy to build relationships, and I'm hoping that people who like my work will upvote it, and if it's not up to whatever standard they hold, then I would hope they would not feel obligated to, because I'm trying my best to do the same.
Yeah, I hear what you're saying Glen; your comment here regarding readers connecting to your writing is where I was trying to go to,
Exactly!
I read your original comment as well, and for what it's worth, I didn't think you were being "too direct", and I'm glad you think I was being polite, because after @spiritualmax's comment to me, I was really second guessing myself last night and truthfully, being my own personal whipping boy because of it. The last thing I ever want to do is offend anyone, his comment made me think I had. It was still bothering me this morning, so somehow you knew to write the perfect response here for me. Thank you for that.
Well, maybe we're our own worst critics, then, but as you can see, I got a similar response. All we can really do is offer an opinion. He might also be in the same about as we are, thinking maybe he came on too strong. Who knows. Words are great, but there's so much being missed out on here. I know you know what I'm talking about because I think you've said it yourself.
Anyway, I'll be very interested to know what happens when if he does go through with it. I'll be even more interested if I find out I actually upvoted some of his undercover posts. After this, wouldn't that be something?!
Yes that would be funny. We'd have to help each other pull our feet out of our mouths haha