Following on from the rash of ‘I follow you, follow me back’ posts we have been subjected to lately, I’m now getting a bunch of - ‘I have upvotged and resteemed your post. Check me out.’ - type comments.
When I get one of these, what’s the first thing I do? Well, just in case you are thinking of writing a comment like this on my post or anyone else’s post, here is what happens.
The first thing I do is check to see if you have actually voted for my post. Since I don’t get a lot of votes, it’s really easy.
I click the little down arrow next to the vote counter to see if your name is in the list. If it isn’t, that means you didn’t vote for me.
Strike one.
Then I click on the down arrow next to your name, and click on your avatar, which takes me to your blog. If my post is not listed on your page, then you didn’t resteem me at all.
Strike two.
So what have you done by doing this?
Well, you have lied to me. It’s not a mistake. You said you had upvoted me (not that you will upvote me if I challenge you on it) and you had resteemed me, when you haven’t. That’s lying.
So now, not matter how interesting your blog might be, no matter how much effort you put into your posts, I’m NEVER going to upvote you. I’m never going to read what you write. I’m never going to follow you.
Remember, upvoting my post does not cost you anything. It’s free for you to do it. So saying you have done it when you haven’t, makes no sense.
Let’s now assume that you have upvoted and resteemed me (thanks for doing that) and I’ve checked your blog to make sure. Why would I want to visit your page? What post should I read? What are you writing about that will interest me? – Not a generic me, but the actual me.
You have read one or more of my posts, so you know a bit about what interests me, tell me why I should visit your blog and what I’m likely to connect with. If you want my attention, help me out by pointing out what will interest me.
Make it easy for me to want to follow you. That’s one of the keys to building your audience – make it easy for them to connect with your content.
If you are new here and trying to build your audience, short comments that could be written by a bot and lying to potential followers is not the way to do it.
Check out my stories here on Steemit
Running Deer
Running Deer - part 1
Running Deer - How legends are born
Charlie Rabbit
Meet Charlie Rabbit
Charlie tides up
Charlie Rabbit and Margery Mouse
Charlie Rabbit and Margery Mouse make music
Little Peppers Adventures
Runaway Rabbit and the hungry fox
Maybe and the land of purple rainbows – A Little Peppers adventure
How Pappa Pepper and Monster Truck the Pepper got their wild hogs - a Little Peppers Adeventure
Dark Angel Regiment of the Space Marines - Mission Files
First Squad Sniper Elite - Zaresith mission
Other stories
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