TBH I was pissing around by leaving really terrible comments which disregarded the advice about quality comments. Why did I still get your positive responses .. I believe it is most likely because you value a comment as coming from an actual person - which leads you to take a look at he content I put out.. maybe you sort of like the content and so you followed back - I too go and take a look in that way. Maybe there are just two types of people here: some automate, are not here for reading or interaction, and others are here for human interaction, learning, quality content? It is very hard to judge which type of account one is dealing with just by a single comment alone.
The salient point that @omitaylor made here was that human interaction (and by that I include human evaluation or curation) is very important for building a quality feed and a positive experience. Understanding that will in the long run, enhance the platform. Hopefully, there are more of us than them ;-) Taking a close look a comment history is very important - I even push the account name into steemworld and look closely at other things sometimes
I follow up on most comments, upvotes and even those automated votes I am responsible for because of a curation trail I am following. I make a point of following up to manually evaluate. In so doing, I found many many great creators here.
It also may be that she trusted you based on my trust, noticing that I responded to the same type of comment with some information about you.
People tend towards trusting the judgement of people they trust or like. :)
On the topic of trust, revealing human experiment results may cause some to distrust. Some also feel it denotes an interest in 'proving others wrong' which implies so many attitudes about oneself, deductively.
Knowing you're a teacher, I presumed you were not done here. ;)
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I also looked at @oneazania's reputation score, and since he followed me, I appreciated the follow. I looked at his bio, if you can call it that, and page, and followed back ;)
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Anyone would be mistaken to assume that a comment made in order to see the reaction of others is also a trick or dishonest in any way.
I didn't want to waste any time on too much detail for two main reasons: the first being something you mentioned - bandwidth. For me, it's limited time and effort as well.
The second reason is that counter views or too much detail are often not welcomed and dismissed or ignored as trolling: or heaven forbid, seen as stemming from ill-breeding, or flawed character. In my opinion, unless it is a counter or alternate argument, I am not contributing to the discussion in any meaningful way. Expressing by argument or demonstration is in itself an attempt to prove that another point of view is lacking in some way - not that the other person is wrong or flawed. This is emotional reasoning I think, and should not have a place in serious conversation. I do realize the climate these days is a bit like that. People feel entitled to have that affirmation only and nothing else. It is unfortunate because encounters tend to become dishonest in that there are always always compliments like "nice post" ;-) and very little if anything else.
Here on steemit more so, as there is a financial incentive to agree with others - it is for this reason also that i avoid engaging too much until I know who it is I am engaging with.
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I check people out too, look at their content, etc.
I think you can tell when someone is a regular creator of quality content, versus someone who spams. Sometimes it's hard to tell if they're actually spamming or trying to make an effort but unsure of what words to use because English is not their native language. But even those comments add to our own stats for comments for the Steemitboard. So in the end, they help us in a way.
I typically reply to comments too. Sometimes it can go on for days and days. Once I forgot to post what I wanted to post and I was just replying to comments. But sometimes that's how we can get into some pretty neat discussions.
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That's fantastic. You have a keen sense about people, no doubt very validating in your impact on others. I think we call it authenticity and maintaining a positive regard for others - that was what we called it back in the day ;-) Nice to come across this here.
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Back in the day indeed. I see that in the days before Facebook existed. It seems as though social media has removed that aspect of positive regard for others. Authenticity is rarer on regular social media platforms, I find, and even in person, sometimes it's tough to find. People engage in conversations in which they don't want to be engaging from fear of triggering someone, being called offensive, or from the unknown whether or not their views will be ridiculed. When someone risks being authentic, it can be very gratifying. I can't judge though, I myself have fallen into the trap of not engaging in authentic conversation in person from those very same fears. What weird is that it's easier with strangers than with people close to me. I care what my family thinks too much and I don't want to lose, I don't even know what. Whereas a stranger, I can't lose anything or care about them if they don't care for what I'm sharing. I can only gain with strangers, gain a new friend, a new confidant, gain a cherished moment, and perhaps they can gain too. And then we can gain trust and caring, thus friendship. I'm trying to make a conscious effort with estranged family members to be more authentic. Close family, no problem. We're close! Funny we can easily fall into those traps ourselves. As long as we never stop being authentic with ourselves, I think, then we can always know consciously whether or not we are being authentic with others in certain given situations.
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You said it very well. In one way or the other, there are stakes and we make that assessment in every situation and come to a different conclusion each time.. perhaps as we grow older we learn to appreciate just how positive that authenticity is - it is then that the stakes that point to our inner peace and personal evaluation of our own integrity, looms ever larger?
I wish you best of fortune with your attempts regarding family and generally in all things - peace to you always.
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Thank you, same to you :)
Perhaps it is as we get older. I was certainly not the same person at 20 as I am now at 35. We evolve, moving forward continuously.
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