I have been a steemit member for a week now.
I try and produce quality content and likewise I attempt to up-vote what I deem as quality content. It seems though that a large majority of Steemit users are only here for the back scratch.
They don't even seem care about the content or even read the articles that they are up-voting. The only feed back I seem to be getting from a majority of users is "I up-vote you, you up-vote me". No constructive criticism or links to pertinent information that would add value to what I have authored or created for that matter.
Please, someone point me to the real substance of Steemit. Because for the most part all I have seen in my short time here is nothing but users wanting their votes reciprocated for doing nothing, but what a curator is supposed to do.
Am I wrong here or is Steemit supposed to be more than this?
That's what was destined to happen. A majority of users are just here for the money. They just want to make that money ASAP! And so, they do it the only way they know - upvotes, "vote me back" & stupid comments.
But if you look back, wasn't the same stuff happening when Twitter and Instagram first came around?
I mean I remember "Follow for Follow" being a thing.
I guess the same thing is happening here too. The platform just needs some time and smarter users to come in and prefer content over steem.
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This is gonna sound kind of sad, but I don't have an instagram account and I just joined twitter this last summer. That was only to keep track of sports though.
I get what you are saying and I have a feeling this will just be the way it is. It may be better to not dwell on it and just appreciate the users that add the value I am looking for.
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Yup.
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I have noticed the same thing. I want to go up in the ranks on steemit but would rather have it done for having good content than just the back scratching.
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Yes, It just seems like a lot of bots doing automatic up-votes and resteems. Or users just asking for handouts. Don't get me wrong I appreciate the up-votes but, I would rather have an intelligent discussion about a post or some value added rather than the quid pro quo.
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Exactly. I am just starting out myself so maybe it gets better the more and longer you are making content and find the right people to talk with.
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Hello, nice post, do you know there is a steemschool on a discord channel waiting to help users become successful on steemit and in real life, its been working for me so far, and with the knowledge i see you have through this post im sure they will love to help you get better. Hope to see you there
https://discord.gg/KY6k7VG
You can also enter a contest to win 3sbd with your selfie contest here
https://steemit.com/steemitschool/@mistakili/4-more-winners-to-go-a-total-of-8-sbds-waiting-to-be-won-or-did-you-win-yesterday-you-can-win-today
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Thanks for the suggestion. I am going to check it out. Best wishes!
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