I don't see anything wrong with asking the reader if they like your work to upvote and/or follow you. It's your post, if you put an ask at the end, it's marketing.
It is spammy and tacky to post in someone's comments that you upvoted, resteemed and/or followed and that you want a reciprocal response.
Yeah, good point about marketing. But I guess that brings us to the question: is marketing healthy for a community?
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if you bring value to the community then marketing is necessary to get the message out to the community of your presence. We all market ourselves in some way, every day. Well not when I'm chilling at home doing nada.
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Hmmm, true. I guess maybe I should start marketing myself more!
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