Steemit is an awesome community, but like any place where all walks of life exist together, some people can be the literal worst. Here is a list of the top 7 in my book.
1. The Stocker.
Ya know, the guy (or gal) that takes an obvious stock photo, tries to pass it off as their own, and uses bid bots to upvote the crap out of it. You know who you are, and you are lame to the max!
2. The Dafuqer
This person either posts on your blog, or writes their own post and it makes absolutely zero sense. Perhaps it is a language barrier, perhaps it is a shittily programmed bot. Whichever it is, it seems spammy and it's literally the worst.
3. The Post Dumper
We all know one. Someone who just takes a link from the site where they actually put their time into, and just dump it into a post with little to no explanation to try to make a buck. Dumb.
4. The Beg for a Follower
If your content is good, people will come to you. Spamming people's blogs with comments where you are begging them to follow you is pathetic. Just the worst.
5. The Dick-Whales
I don't even really need to name names. We all know who the dick whales are. The ones that make thousands of dollars on a post bitching about other people making thousands of dollars on a post. Giant. Whale. CircleJerk.
6. The over-sharers
(Said no one ever)
Seriously I have had to unfollow people for just posting too damn much. Don't they know that they start making less money after the 3rd daily post? (Unless you're haejin.) Seriously, the platform isn't going anywhere. Calm that shit down.
7. The ClickBaiters
So you didn't think clickbait existed on Steemit? Think again! You're mindlessly scrolling through the Steemit feed and you come across a post that has a catchy picture and title, open it up and it's one picture and two sentences. They got a view for that shit, and you're left feeling duped. Screw you clickbaity posters. Before you press that "post" button, ask yourself, is this shit? Is the only good part of it the title and the image? If that's the case, just say no to posting. Only you can prevent clickbait.
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Your post is really good! This is what happened.
I upvoted you 100 % (my first 100 % vote on another person's post for a while).
I followed you.
Your post was immediately resteemed.
I am closing in on 2000 followers in my seven months on Steemit. I have never begged anyone to follow me because I let my content speak for me. Urging people to follow (especially to newbies because I create educational content which they can benefit from) is another thing. I don't have to do that either because, again, my content speaks for itself.
Lastly, a wonderful, wonderful post! I use wonderful twice because when a footballer scores a spectacular goal, the presenter guy does it twice too.
Pleasure to find a gem like you!
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You are making it true. Cool
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That's very kind! And thank you very much! Your resteem seems to have reinvigorated my comments section! I imagine it will be a slow burn with these articles, and they are a bit more superficial than a lot of my previous blogs, but that's the point. Believe it or not, they take almost as much time to write, with finding/making memes for each point, but after scouring through my book-length posts, I realized that as fun as that is that no one was reading them, and that I was surely turning off newbies. I love a good philosophical argument as much as anyone, but new arrivals are just trying to get a grasp on the website. It will be a while before they are launching into in-depth content. My goal then is to get them excited about Steemit by providing a BuzzFeed style post that they may be used to. Steemit is so different than Facebook, and basically most of the other social media sites. Unless the person who comes here is an avid Reddit or Wordpress aficionado, they will probably be overwhelmed by Steemit and maybe enough so to not keep posting! We need people to stick around to make this work. If my daily blogs/videos can help do that even a little bit, then I am willing to keep putting a good effort in.
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There's also the originally-a-naysayer-but-secretly-joined-anyway Steemer
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Yas. I think I have quite a few friends where that is going to be the case soon!
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I joined a Facebook group for Steemit. What a mistake. hundreds of people asking for votes and followers for mostly weak content. Ask a real question and ten people post their articles asking for a vote and ignore your question
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Yeah it's pretty lame. I feel like it's a pretty obvious thing to not beg for upvotes, but what do I know?
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This made me chuckle first thing in the morning ... Especially #2. (I thought I was just not as smart or clever as some amazing crypto-bot speaking an unknown and unintelligible language). I've only been on Steemit for a week, and I think I've seen all 7 of these!
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Welcome to Steemit! Haha I am not surprised that you have seen all of these already, they are pretty prevalent everywhere!
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The accuracy! 😂
It just comes down to people wanting to make a quick buck which is super disappointing because if you tried to make a real effort you'd find that there are some damn amazing people out here and great opportunities to connect and expand.
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I totally agree! Steemit has some amazing hidden gems! It isn't all bad for sure!
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I just came across this and hahahahaha... you have nailed this perfectly..
I am gonna add something here about over-sharers.. their posts make only 1$ usually for the first 4 days but suddenly the payout increases to 23$ after 4-5 days.
Magic... i tells ya... its the damn magic..
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Oh yes, the over-sharers combined with the infamous "last minute upvotes". My friend @pawsdog is really trying to crack down on this, because it's pretty whack! Thanks for reading!
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Most accurate depiction
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I try.
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I had to click on this (click bait! lol), to see if I fit into any of the categories.
I'm glad to say I don't. ( although in fairness, I would mind being given the chance to be 'dick whale', and see if I could redeem myself !)
Good to see you didn't include argumentative, or trolling (for which I define more as, - upsetting an echo chamber). Of which I have been guilty - I like a good chat!
I can't believe I'm not in the list!.......... yaaaaaay!!!!!
Forgive me for not up voting (if I make post, I nearly always try to), but when the price of sdb goes up, I can't seem to stop up voting everyone I know! - hence my steem is a lot low, and I need to power up!
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I would put "people who live in an echo chamber" long before "people who disrupt one". That really does bother me about Steemit sometimes. I hesitated before going through with this new idea of BuzzFeed style articles about blockchain and crypto etc, just because I feel like that's all anyone talks about...but since that's all anyone talks about, I thought that making more fun articles about these things would be a welcome addition!
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You are most certainly followed ! lolol
(and I'll up vote on principal, even though I said I wouldn't))
You can count on me if I disagree, to be vocal !
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Hahaha! This is great. I have definitely seen a few of these people, even though I only joined a little under two weeks ago.
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They are literally everywhere!
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Ha, I absolutely love this! I personally can't stand the Stock photos and would never use them on my own posts, just tacky as all get out if you ask me!
Also, can't deal with those who are constantly spamming with the follow me in the comment section. Either your content will lead others to follow and upvote your stuff or it won't. It does no good to beg for followers!
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Yeah it's really dumb. Though I imagine many of those people just lack knowledge of basic Steemit etiquette and how sad it looks to beg for stuff. On top of the fact that I doubt it is successful anyway, so why even bother to begin with?
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Yup! As I said your content will lead others to follow and upvote so there's basically no need to ask. Even with small reputation scores, if you post decent quality comments, which is something I emphasize to new Steemians to focus on for the first several months, you can gain rewards and increase your reputation score.
I've noticed most of posts in the trending and hot section are from users who have their reputation scores in the high 60s to low 70s, so increasing that score is something I tend to focus on more often than not. Keep in good graces with some of the higher accounts and things work out nicely.
Note : There's also a tendency for people to copy what they see working for others, I've seen a couple of times already - say for instance, when I said your content will lead others to follow you, and I see it repeated by others - good ol' echo chamber, here we come!
Even found one fella that I know follows my work and has posted on it making his own list of favorite Steemians to follow last week, right after I had posted a blog basically summarizing the same! Ha, talk about original content!
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This is hilarious, great use of memes. It will be interesting to see how the community evolves over the next year.
Ryan
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Indeed it will. My guess is that there will remain a healthy balance of good and bad, especially with so many people looking out for the excess of crap content! We shall see though! Thanks for reading!
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For me the dumper is the worst one. Steemit is not a cheap second hand market. I am new, but sometimes I spend one hour for making a post and it makes 1 cent...and you see some lame dump post that has the same 1 cent. Maybe its self upvote. I am confident that quality will be paid in time. Appreciate your post. Keep on going!
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Oh man, I hear ya there. It is not a popular opinion on here, because I know a lot of people that do it, but it's one that really bothers me! Like, this is not the place to start posting all of your wordpress blogs from the last 3 years! It's an awesome place to get a new start, start producing great original content, and break out of a past shell. But that's just my opinion! Thanks for reading!
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AHAHAHAHA! this is hilarious! I have encountered a few of these myself, especially the stocker and the beg for a follower. So annoying. XD
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Right? I think the dick whales are the most irritating on a larger scale because they make a huge impact, but the beg for a followers are the most personally annoying! Haha. Thanks for reading!
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You put a smile on my face as well as a grim expression, both at the same time!
I am all for an introduction email after having been accepted to Steemit that exlains all this stuff in the native language of the person joining.
I have given people many different posts on how-to or simple guides or etiquettes... There are hundreds of posts like it... waste of precious blockchain bandwidth if you ask me.
But thanks for the very concise but accurate list: you've basically created the email I hope future New Steemians will receive upon admission.
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As a somewhat newbie, I love the way you presented very helpful information in a lighthearted and amusing format. Thanks!
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That's what I am hoping for! Steemit is too serious methinks. I want to lighten it up a bit! Thanks for reading!
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Yes; while I am new to steemit, I was blogging before most people knew there was a thing. Right now, my online time is extremely limited, but once that is resolved, I will be posting more content.
It is a rookie mistake to push out content with the sole aim of making money. It may get you short term success, but is really not viable over the long term. Hopefully as people become more familiar with the medium, they will realize that and things will sort out. I see a lot of great content out there, but you have to wade through a lot to get to it.
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You have me laughing and at the same time posting a great point and a good message. I almost fell off my chair when I read about the circle jerk, dick whales. I hope good behavior prevails, but there will always be that mentality that is purely self-serving. In the meantime there are people like you and lots of them, that brighten the horizon for Steemit. Thanks and be well.
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That's very kind! I want to believe that working hard is enough on here, but it can be very frustrating. So many producers are woefully under appreciated. The whales can keep upvoting each other, and that's their prerogative, but ultimately if everyone starts making an exodus from Steemit, the platform will collapse, and Steem won't be worth anything. All of the other branches of Steem (dtube, dsound, etc) are all dependent on Steemit users. If Steemit goes down, they all do. I think many of the whales realize this and do their best to promote good content, but there are far too many that don't.
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hahaha :) All true... All sooooo true :) Let's throw one more into the mix: the ones who publish three "introduceyourself" post because they are afraid their first two introductions were not paid enough ^^
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Oh man I forgot about that one!!! There is a guy I was following who was double posting all of his posts and who did like 5 introduce yourself posts. I was like daaaang boy, calm down!!
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It's like having Steemit-Tourette ^^
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This post had me rolling, but made me think as well. I started to ask myself, "Am I one of these dicks?" No, because I'm not a whale for one. Oh, too funny.
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The key words here are "I started to ask myself". I strongly believe that if someone is self-aware enough to question their actions, they are definitely not a dick! Haha. Thanks for reading!
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bethwheatcraft
#7 sounds like people aren't supposed to post one photo with a title. I like to look at original photos and I don't have time to read very many long posts. Do you think it's spam if I post a photo with a title? (It is nice when the author lets us know that their pictures are original.)
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