There are few things worse than people begging for up votes and follows. It's so needy and annoying. When I first started on Steemit, people would come by and leave some short comment on my post like: "Very interesting story. I've upvoted you. Please follow me.". While I was happy for their $0.03 upvote, I felt ambivalent about following them because I didn't feel like they had actually read my post or taken the time to comment on it thoughtfully. Their motivation seemed to be mostly self-serving. Of course I'd like more followers myself, but I'm certainly not going to beg anyone. If someone finds my posts or comments interesting, then I'm sure they will follow me. If not, then oh well. I'd rather have 10 followers who actually read my posts than 100 that are just copy and pasting things for upvotes and rewards.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
that's exactly the point @sabrin514, what's the point of having all those followers if none of them have any interest in you or your posts beyond hoping you vote for them. And that's why it's a double-win when you actually comment something worthwhile on someone's post. Because it's already validating a certain degree of "mutual shared interest" on a particular subject or topic.
And what better way to grow a vibrant community. than upon a solid foundation of like-minded individuals such as that?! :)