I agree, always up your game with content, think outside the box and keep trying to find your voice is the best way to get ahead here. I am totally with you about the follow me guys. Those aren't bots just new guys trying to grow fast, I get it but its annoying at the same time but I have noticed as they grow they tend to chill out on it, well most do. That is why I formed my project Steemit Blogger Central, we have a Facebook, Twitter and now a SLACK community under that. I decided to go full time here, resteem peoples posts on those pages when they drop links to our community and kind of do what I can to help the hard workers needing to grow get out there without bugging people...kind of self empower them. So far it seems to have done the trick for my crowd but I still get a lot of those follow for follow guys who I oblige but then they dip off my list come a few hours later. Kind of why I went to a only keep the followers I have as the ones I follow. I still go out there and meet people and upvote people off my list because I love their content but I also think a mutual fellowship is how we should network, not scam people into following you and you don't even bother to show mutual respect. I am picky maybe lol...but I figure this is my best route for a quality group with me, mainly because I go way out of my way to help others here and I think its only reasonably fair.

Trolls I just have no more tolerance for, I have worked in a crypto coin in marketing before and the rampant negativity trolls put out there is like babysitting a bunch of morons lol. I just don't believe in spreading negativity and I am here for the movement to take crypto to the top against the central banks so I view our community as a hub for intelligent people gathering to make the world better, not worse on individuals. I have come in my times of being involved in crypto that most trolls are guys at the bottom trying to get popular by poking at people in hopes they can form a crew of like minds and use each other, not all but a good chunk of the ones I encountered in my past. What I don't get is they never get ahead with those tactics so why keep beating on that door if it won't open. In the end the good souls showing respect are usually the ones to make good in their life, rather promote that vs let the trolls keep thinking that is the right way to be