Much as I am not a huge fan of "milestone posts," I was surprised to see that my "followers" count just rolled over to "1000," a few minutes ago... and I felt it merited a few words.
Thank You!
1000 Followers-- wow!
First off, a heartfelt "thank you" to all of you who find my ramblings and ruminations interesting enough to "come back for more," on a regular basis. Cheesey as it might sound I am truly humbled by the authentic sense of community I have found here on Steemit. Wow!
Yes, I know I don't follow everyone back... but that doesn't mean I don't appreciate your "vote of confidence."
The Magic of Steemit: Some Comparisons
Mostly, I wanted to use this post to add a little perspective. That is, perspective that illustrated just how connected people are, on this platform.
A zen view-- Japanese Gardens, Seattle
I've been a pretty active social media user for... since... well, almost since social media was invented.
It just took me five months to reach 1000 followers on Steemit. I did this simply by "doing what I do:" posting content I think might be of some value, interest or amusement, and then engaging the community. No magic formulas, no clever tricks, no bots, no cheating, no begging.
For comparison, I opened my twitter account in January 2008, and I have 1,550 followers. Gained the exact same way, except it took 9 1/2 years.
For comparison, I have been on Facebook since sometime in 2006, and I have 973 "friends." Gained the exact same way, except it took 11 years. Now-- in all fairness to the Book of Farce, I do have a niche interest "page" with about 17,000 "likes," but even so...
Steemit is definitely the most engaging and rewarding (no pun intended!) social content platform I have encountered!
Thank you to all!
(As usual, all text and images by the author, unless otherwise credited. This is original content, created expressly for Steemit)
Published 20170626 12:23 PDT
If you post naked photos of yourself you get more followers faster!
And please follow me so I will follow you...
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I shall upvote, and comment, and follow, and grovel...
.... and what was I thinking? If this were porn, it would already have earned $1000...
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LOL... but not.
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Very good, congrats.
You are right. This shows the strength and health of the community.
And that we actually care about each other!
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Thank you! Yes, the level of genuine community here keeps impressing me.
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You are welcome.
We are a benevolent lot :)
Have a beautiful weekend!
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thank . it's nice pos. I have Upvoted and follow you. excelent
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Thank you @ijoel! And thanks for the resteem! Looks like you are doing quite well in the Aceh community, so well done!
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Congrats, I am 1 away from a 1000, wouldn't it be even better if they all voted lol I'm lucky to get 50 votes
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Thanks, and congrats right back at you @karenb54... I see you ticked over the 1000 mark yourself, in the time between posting your comment and my replying!
Well done US!
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Aren't we clever lol
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Congratulations!
I have a somewhat random question. What Markup tag did you use to get a photo next to text instead of between 2 fields of text like for paragraphs 5 & 6?
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Thanks!
I create all my posts in HTML... it's hard to explain in a comment, but here's a nice tutorial from @krnel:
https://steemit.com/steemit-help/@krnel/how-to-align-images-in-steemit-posts-left-right-and-center
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I hipe i can it too.
Wish me andyou luck and success
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i hipe yuo hav mutch luk and sucess wishus
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Thank friend . Youre too
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Ive been followed you too mr sift. Thanks alot for your upvote on my comment. Wish and always success for you in the future.
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Reminds me of one of my former (now defunct) web sites "Anguished English."
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This is great but you deserve this and more. Thanks for sharing!
By the way, quick question, what do you use to format your posts? Or do you do it all by html manually?
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Thank you!
I hard code all my posts in HTML... I couldn't find a ways to make markdown do anything much; it's really designed for basic message board formatting, not as a web page editing tool.
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Honestly you're growth on Steemit does not surprise me, it's well deserved. The content you share with everyone is always so well thought out, an thought provoking. Congrats on the milestone - it is a big one!
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Thanks for the support, I appreciate it!
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@denmarkguy
Congratulations for this wonderful achievements!
Wishing you more greater achievements ahead in steemit as you deserve it. Keep steemins great stemian!
From your follower!
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Thanks! Definitely plan to keep going as long as the going remains good!
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Yeah...definitely will be cool. Good one...
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Congratulations! And thanks for your post, its nice to see people appreciate each other a very beautiful thing indeed, have a wonderful weekend!
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Thanks for the kind words-- you have a great weekend, as well!
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Congratulations on your 4 digits! Great job.
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Thank you @bart2305! Appreciate the support.
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Great milestone! Congrats @denmarkguy !!!
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Thank you, Silvia!
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Congrats! :)
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Thanks!
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I feel your success bro, I pray I get this some day. Congratulation...
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Thanks! Just stick with it, and I'm sure you'll get there!
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I'm glad to be your follower, because every time you push me to encourage myself to view on a topic with different angles, and, as a result, I would discover something new inside and outside me.
thank you... and Cheers!
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Keep the drive going.
Congrats!
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Congratulation man. Now we're going towards another thousand followers. Is it a race? :)
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Congratulations
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Congrats @denmarkguy! You were actually one of the first to welcome me here, so I'm really glad for your growth
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That is pretty damn impressive @denmarkguy but not exactly surprising! :)
Well done my friend! And thank you!
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I'm happy to be among your first 1,000. I started following you around 2 weeks ago.. Keep publishing an epic content and catch the hearts of the next 1,000 in a month! :)
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Congrats on your milestone Denmark guy.
I find the same as you, Steemit is really engaging and rewarding. I get so much more out of posting here than I do when I post on other social media platforms. I am very excited for the future.
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Congratulations on such a great mile stone. I can't wait until I reach 100.....remember baby steps. Anyway it shows that persistence does pay off.
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Congrats on your one thousand followers :) I enjoy reading your posts and about your perspective on things.
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Congratulations very nice. Up to the next 1000.
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That's HUGE and well deserved! Congratulations :)
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@denmarkguy, congratulations on the 1000 followers.
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Congrats!
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Thank you for being an inspiration to us Steemit newcomers denmarkguy!
I would love to immitate your accomplishments, and here I am not talking about the numbers, but the fact that you are spending time on what you are enjoying the most!
Hats off for you
ronni
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Congratulations, many steemians like your original post. That is the reason you have 1000 followers. NIce !:)
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Congrats on 1000!!! And all the time having fun...not a bad dea;.
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Great one, congrats - how could I miss that? I actually miss a lot these day - so many new users, so many projects to check and do i hardly have time to meet and vote all the other great steemians anymore - not good, will improve myself again
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