I ❤️ curating, but my Upvotes are out of control!😲

carrieallen (66) in curation • 7 years ago

Who's with me on this?

I find myself getting lost in all the really amazing high-quality content and I just want to upvote it! All day!

Then I end up in the comment section and I want to upvote y'all there too! I basically love curating. I'm also a stickler for rules, so I be Googling sentences from your posts. Don't plagiarize. I'll catch ya. 😎

Currently, my upvote is worth a mere $0.06 at about 71%. SteemFTW tells me I have to wait 2 full days without voting to be up to 100% again.

I think my problem stems from Facebook. I used to LOVE Facebook. Like ... LOVE. I thought it could really help us connect with each other and eventually be a place where people could make a living (by utilizing Facebook's advertising/reach and connecting with a much larger audience than ever before). And it was working. For tons of people... and to be fair, still is. 😏

During the time Facebook was growing I came to the conclusion that if you are well-liked and participate, then social media can reward you (in one way or another).

So I started participating like a boss. 😎 I began liking EVERYTHING. I mean, things I liked. I didn't just throw around my vote like an autobot...😏 And I would comment. Really engaging comments. I started searching for others that did/enjoyed the same thing. I even made an advertisement for myself. Here it is. Proof. 😎 It was awesome.

Then... the politics came. (As you may note: I already knew the appropriate 'no politics' rule that was to come.) Social media, as we only first began to understand it, was changing. And not for the better.
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Before our very eyes, we watched, completely helpless and without a voice, as our free speech and access to all of our followers dwindled to practically nothing. Now, we can PAY to reach an audience that already requests to see our content, providing that content doesn't somehow fall into the myriad of the new NOs of social media.

At first, those being told no, being censored, and being demonetized were a small targeted group. Yet, even as the first voice was silenced, no matter what was said, we entered into a new realm. One of whispers from the past and stories of science fiction novels. Now, no one is safe. 😔

While all of this has been happening we've all been fighting with each other, seemingly not even noticing the vast changes to our freedoms happening every day. It's downright terrifying.😲

I digress. It seems I've gone off on a tiny tangent on Facebook and the general injustices forming in our world.

Back to it.😏

I DID learn many great (and not so great) things navigating and growing with Facebook. One of which was liking (or upvoting) and engaging. I am so freaking excited that Steemit is now offering the exact type of rewarding, high-quality community I was hoping Facebook would become.

Yes, there are lots of problems. But I really think, with all the exceptionally intelligent folks working towards its success, Steemit could not possibly go the route of Facebook (the highly censored way). We do have to self-govern, but I think we CAN do that. I think we CAN be fair to one another. I don't think Steemit will ever be what Facebook has become. I feel Steemit has an overlying intelligence (or that's the goal 😃) where other social media simply doesn't.

What do YOU think? I mean, you're here, reading this, so you've got to at least believe in it a little, right?

My little rant was in lieu of me scrolling through my feed and tags and reading YOUR amazing content. I have to hold off. Create a little more. Find that balance. Thank you for being here... all of you. 😍

Oh! Because it never hurts to ask...

(except all those newbies commenting, "Please, Upvote me". Not that you're even reading this, but don't do that, y'all. #notcool)...

If there are any dolphins 🐬 or whales 🐳 out there that wanna delegate some 🎇SteemPower🎇 to me for a brief extent of time, I (and those I upvote) would be eternally grateful. 😍Like for reals. (I also run a cannabis curation page on here @transientflowers ... if that helps. 🙃)I would be exponentially happier knowing I could GIVE MORE with each upvote. It's like the best selfish/selfless feeling eva!

All images were of my Bitmoji and the Danger sign can be found for free HERE.

I know I'm not gonna make it. I'm going to upvote. Will it be you?

As always, thanks for stopping by!

Hugs & 💋

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7 years ago by carrieallen (66)

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thegoliath (66) · 7 years ago

I tried to stop up-voting for a day to let my vote come up again as I also love to vote on the things I like reading, also comments and there is a lot haha! I lasted half a day and had to up-vote and comment on some posts. 😉

You may only have a 6 cent up-vote, but when you worked hard from nothing to get there and know it will keep growing over time, it makes you feel so good to see it happen!

I see it with my oldest brother who joined just over a week ago. He has his posts earning under 50 cents, or barely getting the few cents but it will start to grow soon enough.

As for Facebook, well that's just to chat to friends and be tagged in posts by my partner that relate to situations😂
It has gone downhill Facebook has.

Look what you did, you made me rant! 😂

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

I think the only way to get me to completely stop would be... no internet. Which actually happens sporadically here. 😆

I have worked to be able to give out those pennies and it DOES feel good. 😍

And Facebook, we've essentially broken up. I keep it for Messenger, as our phone service can be worse than our wifi. 😏 I still run a group on there I have to occasionally moderate too... But I only pop in every couple of days. Sad. Like losing a friend. 😟

And finally... LOL! I made you rant! I may have that effect on others as well...😎

P.S. I'm trying not to upvote... but will most likely come back and do it anyway....

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thegoliath (66) · 7 years ago

No... internet?! GASPS 😂

I am so close to being able to say "I have given my 2 cents worth" for when I up-vote a 2 cent value, LOL!

No time for Facebook, Steemit is now your new love! Hehe 😉

Rants are given to posts well worthy of them. 😅😉

Do it, you know you want to! Nobody can resist the urge to click that up-vote button on all those juicy posts and comments! 😅😅
Just kidding, it's good to take that short break and let it get back up again to increase the value and helps others. 😀

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

For realz. When it goes down everyone freaks out. LOL!

I generally start working on something artsy. 👩‍🎨

Yes, Steemit is my new beau. We were meant for each other. ❤️

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rip-youtube (50) · 7 years ago

You're weird...I like weird. Oops, I mean eclectic. Your weirdness, I mean eclecticness(?) earned you another follower.

Maybe you noticed from my name that I'm no longer a fan of YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, and a few others. I don't like the whole, "We love free speech, as long as it's free speech that we approve of," censorship. I think we need to Steem Roll over their oppressive arses.

Lastly, I too have 'CUS,' (Chronic Upvoting Syndrome), and just so you know - shaking your laptop violently doesn't help you regenerate your voting power any faster. (Yes, I upvoted your weird post. Get ready for my big $0.01!)

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

Bwahaha! I followed you after

... I'm no longer a fan of ...

Then I finished your comment.

It seems we'll get along nicely. 😎

I'm literally shaking right now trying to NOT upvote. It's like I'm an addict coming down.

No doubt, I'll give in, come back and upvote all y'all!

For now... I run away from the computer.

She yells from the distance, "Thanks for YOUR upvote. I'll get ya back!"

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rip-youtube (50) · 7 years ago

You're welcome.

Damn it! You got me for almost 2%, and another penny!

The first step in overcoming CUS, is admitting you are powerless over upvoting. Admit it, go ahead. You're weak, tell the world.

I hereby christen thee: 'Dances with Donkeys.' (All he needs is you!)

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

You've fallen right into my hands!

And you're right. I'm weak. Luckily, I have to do outside world things today. This will allow a few more hours of building back up.

Until then, I shall dance into the night with allllll the donkeys! 🙃

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rip-youtube (50) · 7 years ago

Fallen, yes I have fallen...Hey, that was a song....................still is!

Dance away, allllll the donkeys await. Yee Haw!

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himshweta (60) · 7 years ago

I loved your Bitmojis, they make the article alive !!
And yes there is awesome content on steemit, you are absolutely right,
but much of it gets unseen, people face quite a hard time,
I wish steemit works better then facebook, afterall it's concept is best until time !!

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

Thank you! And yes! I love Bitmojis!

And it's true, a LOT of content goes unseen. But that exactly how all social media works. You have to get followers.
The problem with Facebook (now) is you've built up a following (theoretically), but Facebook is now CHARGING you to show your followers (of a page) your content. Plus, depending on what you post, they simply just DON'T show it to folks.

At least here it's organic. There's no person deciding who gets to see what.

You still have to work for it, just like anything, though. Still no magic "I'm Rich!" pill you can take. If I find one, I'll let ya know.
😍

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himshweta (60) · 7 years ago

Oh is it? I didn’t know that FACEBOOK is charging noww 😮

That’s an even better reason why people should shift to steemit !!

It’s not about getting rich for me !! I want to help people but nobody reads my post and noone gets the help 😂Haha . But will keep on trying to spread my thoughts to open people’s eyes!

Thank you for the reply :)

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

It only does for pages, not for your personal account. Honestly, I don't think there's a way to get Facebook to show ALL your friends what you're sharing, unless, of course, it's hateful or political. 😒

I, too, simply like being helpful. I think if that's your goal, you'll do well here. And me too! 😍

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himshweta (60) · 7 years ago

Sorry for replying so late. I don't know how to cope up with so many comments. I didn't receive them on facebook. Haha.

Good luck to you in helping others. Everyone is doing a great job here !! :D

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

Lol! I think they are working on that. (Notifications.)

Hugs!

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fknmayhem (70) · 7 years ago (edited)

I hear ya, loud and clear. I'm addicted to monitor my VP, even if my vote is worth jack all, because I just don't want to vote without actually giving something.

Comments are even much worse. Often comments are so hilarious that I wish we had an additional 'like' we could give. I love to like comments just because they are smart and/or snarky. Something which is usually not found in my content but that's 'nole different topic.

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

Lol! You'll find your snark. Don't worry. 😎

Yes! It's like we've been trained to expect a 'like' and when we don't get one, our self-esteem drops just a touch. 😞

We just gotta relearn.
I'm still struggling with NOT upvoting (comments particularly) cause I don't want people to get discouraged about commenting.

Maybe an extra little icon you can 'like' or something that doesn't give $, but does give love. LOL!

Hmmm... I'll send a suggestion to the folks at Busy.org. I bet they can do something like this. 😍

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paulmoon410 (56) · 7 years ago

Somebody has gotta do it...

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paulmoon410 (56) · 7 years ago

BitMoji master

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

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paulmoon410 (56) · 7 years ago

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ganjagirls (59) · 7 years ago

Yes! I just want to upvote all day, all night! I agree!

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

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josephlwiess (54) · 7 years ago

I may be a little different. I'm very picky about what I up-vote. However, if you have something interesting to say, I'll vote for it.

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

Oh, my pickiness knows no bounds. Go ahead check out my feed. 😉 See what I've liked.

I actually feel bad at how hard (but forgiving) I am. 😏I could be easier. Especially knowing a LOT of folks use English, not as their first language. It's pretty impressive when you think of it that way.

It sounds like you aren't finding the great posts. 😕

PRO TIP:

On the side of your feed there's a list of topics/tags. If you scroll down to the bottom you can SHOW MORE TOPICS. Once in that page you can organize by any of the column headers. It starts in alphabetical order. If you click on the PAYOUTS list it shows you what's making the most money.

Pick a topic! Find someone with pretty high reputation (they got there somehow) and see what THEY are curating. Suddenly, you'll find that YOU TOO are giving out the likes... not just willy-nilly, but because stuff on Steemit is AWESOME. So awesome.😎

Oh! Check out the tag STEEMSTEM. This is ALWAYS high-quality stuff about sciences.

And then there are also the memes. This is NOT where I spend my upvotes, but a lot of folks do. I'm not entirely sure why. But to be fair: I don't create memes, nor do I know what goes into making a really good one. I prefer words. 🤓

Thanks for commenting! I hope you find the content that makes your upvotes SING! 🎵

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digital-nomads (52) · 7 years ago

I like your sense of humour and positivity. Just followed and upvoted, keep making fun!

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

Thanks! I DO think I'm pretty hilarious.

Hope you enjoy the ride!😎

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mariannewest (71) · 7 years ago

Very much enjoyed your telling of the struggle. I am with you. So much good stuff, but I do want to give something when I vote. At least a comment - or lots of comments - seem to make a post show up in trending. I think....
Fun watching you in Papa Peppers challenge :)

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

Lol! Thank you! I'm having a great time in the selfie challenge. Plus, the hubs is the photo (I took 😏) that is the current #wildnstrange contest.

I really love doing the contests. It's a great way to meet people.

I hope comments help get it into trending. I'm a comment QUEEN because of my lack of upvoting power.

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mariannewest (71) · 7 years ago

good luck on that contest :)

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jonknight (59) · 7 years ago

DO NOT UPVOTE THIS COMMENT PLEASE!
I agree, there is so much on steemit that is worthy of the upvote that in no time flat my upvote becomes worthless. And it is so hard to NOT upvote some things.

re:FB - If it weren't for my job (social media mgr for small business) I'd never set my eyes on facebook again. I stopped scrolling there months ago. If it doesn't come up at the top of the feed, it's not there for me. Like you I still use their messenger to talk to some folks in my family who live continents away.

I'm hoping decentralization is the true core of this effort at steem(it). Zuckerdude wasn't always the corporate behemoth he is now, although he never earned my respect even that far back. When we reach millions of steemians, I hope we stay as we are now. Joining with folks like you I will work for that. Thanks for posting this.

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carrieallen (66) · 7 years ago

Yes. Me too. If I weren't running a nonprofit and a group or two, I'd probably NEVER go to Fakebook... Though the Messenger service is pretty topnotch.

I totally agree. I hope decentralization is where it's at. Sure, there are issues popping up daily with this, but what new idea DOESN'T have issues?

I still think that while Steemit is an alternative to Facebook (and other social media), it's not a complete replacement. I still think it (facebook) could exist. It's just not for me. LOL!

I'm totally Team Steemit... or....

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