Yes, it's mostly bots and automated replies, but there are some humans here too and they deserve much credit.

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A wise Steemian once said

That engagement is the key to success on on the Steem Blockchain. In my opinion however, this is only partly true and this depends on a few things, which include:

• How early you got here (Check the lack of engagement on the consistently highly paid authors)
• How awesome and unique your content is in the eyes of the Whales (they are generally aiming for the best to promote Steemit to the world)
• How many followers you bring from other social media (no comment)
• And how big your SP balance is (Low SP, no circle jerky + paid promotion for you)

If, like many of us, you arrived in the past year, produce decent but not world beating content, didn't bring 100,000 YouTube subscribers, and don't have 100,000 USD or more to invest, then it is likely that you are currently taking the slow Steem train to your desired destination.

This is fine, isn't it? Expect nothing and if you start there then anything else is a bonus, right?

I accept the above, this is how it is - lots of people, lots of content, not that many sizable votes going around.

And so for the majority, one of the key elements in obtaining your goals faster is your level of engagement.

Steemit.com agree also. What was once 'Money Talks', has now thankfully changed to:

'Money Talks', I'm so glad that's been changed, sheeesh!

And so, with that being said, who's actually trying to make their voice worth something?

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The top 201 commentators in 2018

Are a bunch of ****ing bots!

Ok that's not totally true as we shall see in a moment, but the majority of accounts on this list do produce automated replies and content.

The jury is out as to just how much of this content is just wasting Block space and serving little purpose - although that could be said of some of my content at times too :p

If you are on this list and typed your comments manually, please make yourself known in the comments below so:

• We can all give you a virtual pat on the back and an upvote
• You can promote yourself to everyone that visits this page
• I can add you to my followers, consider delegating Steem Power to you, and just generally admire you from a far

Account	Rep	Comment Count	Comment Characters
@minnowsupport	68	58512	99989404
@steemitboard	60	96455	75545035
@cheetah	73	103946	35697231
@photocontests	60	40492	34877350
@utopian-io	65	18494	25726544
@minnowhelper	52	17726	18689396
@resteemable	50	42314	16704510
@photocontests3	41	18099	16535887
@steem-network	-1	16852	16522512
@photocontests2	42	17011	14993330
@jerrybanfield	73	21079	13278074
@bienvenida	48	4145	12329525
@authors.leage	46	2595	12191762
@photocontests4	39	13237	12166290
@steemcleaners	76	10096	9819288
@postpromoter	56	24707	8958833
@originalworks	60	19956	8669373
@krguidedog	62	6518	7579873
@msp-bidbot	44	5855	6197474
@loteem	67	687	5325190
@upme	48	16753	4728523
@steemitworldmap	60	8673	4471164
@buildawhale	64	10352	4448363
@drotto	46	44606	3616170
@twitterbot	55	3709	3547644
@pixresteemer	54	4363	3341660
@bitgeek	61	5342	3318977
@steemladder	37	6950	3196726
@whalebuilder	38	2515	2853580
@dineroconopcion	60	5331	2732242
@appreciator	56	29246	2637196
@shares	52	4462	2528147
@sneaky-ninja	58	16520	2502998
@simsimi	52	8867	2277254
@voteme	33	1696	2271798
@resteemy	37	9088	2146259
@steemdiffuser	43	3703	2095361
@woo7739	68	2786	2039385
@resteembot	48	6458	2032956
@catfacts	49	16464	2008566
@upmyvote	48	5768	2008176
@lee2	47	4815	1929919
@boomerang	53	14342	1866183
@originalworks2	36	5290	1820195
@tipu	60	4417	1805940
@newsteemians	63	3200	1649906
@steem-untalented	50	838	1511177
@booster	58	18034	1508181
@b2travel	50	2550	1486105
@davemccoy	55	3426	1483649
@tripadvisor.com	-1	1548	1434996
@microbot	40	5294	1366129
@coin.info	40	4364	1332973
@baejin	54	1714	1317451
@welcome-to-steem	55	1401	1220902
@funnyordie	7	1288	1192688
@treeplanter	56	2251	1177167
@stealthgoat	-1	3386	1157463
@steemdunk	53	2553	1152666
@spencercoffman	61	2220	1142978
@fahad290	49	1547	1093849
@resteem.bot	41	1586	1073697
@lovejuice	60	5828	1047141
@bycoleman	57	2443	1041117
@silvergoldbotty	62	2548	1023523
@nado.bot	34	4694	988059
@mitneb	53	1072	959332
@mianfahad2	47	1257	958485
@arcange	69	3515	938299
@finnian	56	700	916294
@mykarma	52	2361	908784
@thankyoubicycle	40	1094	903975
@lextenebris	57	585	897041
@taskmaster4450	67	2268	888118
@turbot	43	1727	874020
@upgoat	12	2550	852290
@ipromote	26	1871	843542
@lopezdacruz	53	13544	842962
@peppermint24	52	2898	840441
@allaz	36	14381	838329
@steemstem-bot	55	1305	807500
@luiscordon	-1	3432	800565
@morwhale	48	6095	796189
@banca	43	325	788016
@speedvoter	49	9009	779342
@truthtrain	55	1483	772960
@luzcypher	73	3417	768737
@followforupvotes	51	6065	752060
@steem-1	42	696	747160
@greenwhell79	47	1980	745608
@adriatik	51	6314	745527
@spaminator	63	2539	735130
@puncakbukit	63	11476	721161
@minnowpowerup	53	1994	714827
@earthnation-bot	42	1061	689690
@aksdwi	53	8479	679806
@photomatcher	47	660	679226
@harj	55	6749	671502
@clixmoney	57	2078	670009
@tuanis	48	1873	664405
@gaman	53	3065	664142
@virus707	71	16282	660122
@funbobby51	50	3956	652344
@lukebrn	56	1936	644549
@cleverbot	47	14945	637289
@mercurybot	53	10014	634765
@tykee	55	1736	618779
@bashadow	55	1363	618710
@rbaggo	60	7749	618222
@resteemator	42	4059	612909
@ackza	66	834	610916
@goldendawne	59	2913	610383
@me-tarzan	74	529	608813
@ahmermalik	47	873	607958
@onos	57	1985	597053
@jlufer	73	4864	595836
@voterunner	28	2297	594379
@moneymatchgaming	56	3920	592371
@joeyarnoldvn	53	7401	592060
@janne	46	1181	588095
@shadow3scalpel	50	1452	583667
@abasinkanga	52	1049	582626
@isotonic	29	1071	580928
@tattoodjay	62	7523	580649
@charitybot	52	1499	579270
@apink	55	572	576275
@aussieninja	55	2168	574193
@maneki-neko	59	1999	571229
@c0ff33a	63	1934	570055
@maverickinvictus	57	2792	567908
@nonameslefttouse	71	2533	565545
@markrmorrisjr	70	2578	565141
@purepinay	65	4139	564378
@mountainjewel	57	2515	561262
@steemitbott	43	617	560971
@wwf	64	1522	556469
@cranium	62	4968	540970
@rewardpoolrape	62	9326	537273
@cecicastor	56	3567	535577
@ryivhnn	60	1348	534325
@tumble	63	7466	532664
@donnadavisart	57	2252	520727
@valued-customer	58	888	517554
@blazing	63	7257	516582
@pawsdog	55	1461	513877
@dtubix	37	8233	512888
@chireerocks	51	3189	512329
@salmanbukhari54	54	1399	510492
@levitation	44	7227	510363
@axios	58	1479	509849
@spydo	55	1189	509074
@dswigle	58	3526	507948
@stevekelly	14	2562	505560
@entrepreneur916	58	1433	503450
@valth	67	2509	501526
@countrygirl	65	2745	500282
@pushup	46	15697	499878
@spiritualmax	61	4074	498846
@superbot	37	713	498342
@snrm	54	4249	496877
@lyndsaybowes	67	3874	494620
@onlyprofitbot	38	696	494057
@photocurator	31	1916	492443
@everittdmickey	72	3722	491105
@grisotti	44	1838	488130
@dmania	42	3159	485098
@smartbot	52	1661	483443
@andrejcibik	60	1822	481622
@doodlebear	59	1019	480291
@red-rose	50	1915	476504
@networker5	55	1927	476300
@resteemsupport	41	2107	476295
@mwkthang	-1	2914	471437
@seakraken	12	5677	470450
@themanwithnoname	51	1926	467298
@erh.germany	59	621	463247
@springfield	58	3799	462355
@gillianpearce	53	2661	460263
@olawalium	53	3401	459842
@ana-maria	60	527	458383
@gringalicious	74	5395	453498
@abh12345	67	2879	451601
@dogfact	37	4179	450554
@isteemithard	59	1675	450215
@steemiters	45	672	449527
@acehbot	-1	5380	449276
@ahmermalikuuuu	43	458	446781
@naquoya	67	1886	445084
@mrobotics	43	525	444215
@steemengineteam	52	1389	443350
@kittybot	39	5234	443115
@artizm	55	3985	440415
@apolymask	66	1035	437219
@enjar	56	1242	436690
@sindoja	56	4396	436458
@therising	34	1731	430365
@everlove	69	2542	430157
@frank1in	54	946	430026
@cryptkeeper17	51	1061	429730

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Recognise anyone 'real'?

I'm happy that I do!

Hello friends, #stewardsofgondor, writers of epic comments, and people who already have some of my Steem Power delegated to them - I count 4 of you :D :D :D :D

Stay awesome!

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Comments/Questions

Does the list worry you?

Do you think if I run this query again in 6 months time it will be without 'human' accounts?

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Thanks for your time

Asher @abh12345

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EDIT: Post 'promoted' so more people see the excellent people below.