Actually read the post you’re leaving a comment on and try to understand the content
The fact that this needs to be spelt out says quite a lot...
As someone who spends most of my VP on up-voting constructive comments I get, I really appreciate the efforts made by anyone who has their mind on what can be done to improve the user experience of being on the platform, rather than trying to squeeze out another few cents. As owners of STEEM, we should not forget that its value depends on how many invest in it, which again depends on how many use it, which finally depends on whether or not they appreciate being here.
It's weird to me that there's not a lot more people that get this simple idea. That you may end up making more money by investing in others and improving the quality of the platform, and thus boost the value of your steem holdings, rather than contribute to making the platform crap in the pursuit of a cent.
Startling times when people need help on leaving a comment, it must be a deeply harrowing moment to realise your a literacy dunce when your taking advice to leave a comment. Everyone is so scared of what others think just incase they are racist or worse today, sexist that they struggle to leave a thought bubble. Strange times.
Many Blessings all, form the best writer steemit will ever see x
Not sure how I feel about that comment. Some people are afraid to post anything more than a short "I really liked your story", because of attitudes like that. Readers, (like me), may not be that great at writing. Afraid of being called out for evermore, (these are on a blockcode that supposedly will never go away).
Short quick "I like" post can be for a lot more reasons then the one I tried to write.
Still for: @suesa, I will resteem this post because I found it useful, I may not entirely agree, but it is a handy guide.
Short comments like that often seem copy&paste, but I recently started to ask which part the commenter specifically liked. Honest commenters (like you) usually feel safe enough to explain. Spammers don't react.
And tbh, the comments I really hate are those that have basically no connection to the actual post and just ramble random nonsense. Happens on almost every post if mine.
Yes, that is true. I do use short post a bit, especially when it comes to reading stories. I do not like to point out spelling type errors on a persons story post. Fat fingers happen a lot. If I do not like a story then I just do not comment. By the time I get to the third or fourth post of a continuing story, I start to run out of things to say, other than I am continuing to enjoy the story thanks. I'm not much of a critic, I hated that part of my last job, evaluating people and their work.
Uhm, not sure if I agree with that fully. But yeah, helping to foster a climate where people feel invited to share their thoughts benefits everyone in the long run.
Take care yourself!