ENGAGE WITH OTHERS: MAKE FRIENDS BY BEING A GOOD
Steemit unlike other social media networks, rewards it's members for creating and uploading content. The fact that it rewards it's members sometimes shrouds the true nature of Steemit :a social media network.
To attain it's full potentials, strong connections must be forged between its members. This can be realised when we engage with other, having meaningful conversations, which often leads to following or being followed.
At the start of my Steemit adventure on Saturday, June 13, 2021. I had this for a profile.
2 followers, 8 Posts 2 following
I was already followed by @ddwosky and @udylicious when I embarked on this quest to create the needed exposure in form if links. The algorithm to use was simple,
"Engage with other: Make friends by being a good friend.
Putting this to the test, I embarked on a campaign to read and engage random persons, based on the content of their post.
I also engaged in contests like this one, with the aim of being noticed
I engaged more people and meet my target of 10 on Sunday.
[ Sunday Engagements ]
@ddwosky
@abijos
@dequeen
@udylicious
@alikoc07
@ngoenyi
@dobartim
@mr-omortson
@luimer79
@belenguerra
And also did some votting and following too, mostly at random without the slightest Idea if there was any economic benefits in following. I just felt it could market my presence ...
These are the people I followed on Sunday
@roseri
@toufiq777
@dewdrop
@steemitfoods
@ngoenyi
@Ali
@dobartim
@mister-omortson
@kannon
Then came Monday, with a target of 10 meaningful comments as engagement.
[ Monday Engagements ]
@jbn
@steemkidss
@goodybest
@mexacliff
@biasnarrative
@anonemous
@madilyn02
@akhtarbadar2
@denismyt
@deisip67
@jbn post was 4 years old at the time I committed on it. I also commented on an 8 month old post by @anonemous post from @denismyt and @deisip67 were writing in Spanish so I deployed a translator
Following for Monday was interesting. I had only one, joeparys. I found @joeparys on YouTube. He was giving tips on how to make it on steemit. His advice was, 'buy steem, grow influence', so I followed him. @akhtarbadar2 was following him and had seen him on YouTube too. Now I can see some results...
This is my profile for Monday June 14
Tuesday was the third and final day of the adventure.
I only made 5 engagements
[ Tuesday Engagements ]
@basky14
@benson6
@viclove1991
@ariannyrojas
@peachyladiva
@jaspichman125
@madilyn02
@sir-vic
@basky14
@disconnect
@pennsif
@ariannyrojas was in spanish Spanish.
I had reasons for following @pennsif and @disconnect. It seems they knew where to find contests
I am ending this post here but my adventure will go on. I hope to buy Steem but for now my need is to create a network
Thanks for making time to read through my post