RE: Shallow 4 Shallow – The Tales Of A Manual Curator -- July 7, 2017
You wrote:
"And worse is the level – No, the lack of well-developed self-awareness.
You have to be self-aware to not be okay with trying to cheat the system. "
I had been seeing several Steemit sorts of posts suggesting that beginners upvote their own root posts to build steem power more quickly. I did it a few times to begin to experiment with it because rationally made sense, but I felt strangely icky doing it. My level of self-awareness just won't let me use such a strategy.
And I like what you wrote because it really is self-awareness. Greed DOES work, but greed as a strategy still needs some cleverness and proper execution to work. A greed-based strategy plus a lack of self-awareness equals the most uninteresting posts and comments ever.
So... No more gaming for me... I am quite happy posting and commenting and having a little conversation from time to time in a comments section!
Sorry but my voting power is still low but thanks for a lovely post, agree when I started everyone was happy and suddenly you read all these posts of self voting and hacks and what not. I am to dumb to do any of those but I really think even my 6c to someone is better than nothing at all.
WOOOOHOOOOO!!!
Welcome to a life enjoyed and lived :)
I go through hundreds of posts a day.... it is painful to see these uninteresting, almost copy-pasta post.
You are a appreciated.
Hundreds of posts... Wow...
I am trying to do something every 2 or 3 days. I just go through new posts until I find 2-4 that seem to have some effort and thought put into them. I check quickly that they aren't pulled from something else on the internet. Then, I write up a quick review, especially if it seems like an unnoticed creator, with a link. It is my naive approach to curating.
Each one takes me quite some time.
Once I have my legs under me, you might find me asking you some questions in your comments about how to get through hundreds a day.
Best wishes!
It is super important to watch your voting power :)
steemd.com for that
try really hard to keep it above 80 percent and stop voting for sure at 70 percent.
Ha ha... I would have upvoted you, but my voting power is a bit pooped out right. Uhh... I think.... Yeah... My vote just gave you the grand total of 0 cents.
Best wishes!