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RE: Fake or Genuine? - Comment Types With Names & Descriptions (Humor)
Do you think bots are the cause of most inauthentic comments? Maybe language barrier? I get a lot of spanish comments "gracias amigo" but there is a hint of indication they read my post at the same time.
If I feel a person didnt read my post I dont upvote.
Its kinda got me down lately how steemit seems to have a lack of content creator and curators who really care... Who actually comment, who dont just bot there every comment and gimmick there way up the social ranks. Maybe im being naive but I was thinking I could, one could, thrive here with frequent quality content...
Thanks.
Bots and language barrier could result in some of these types of comments, but I think many of these comments are done in the hopes of gaining an upvote. Each time I get a comment that makes me think they didn't read my post, I check their recent comments. A lot of these like "nice post" or "follow me" comments were left on many posts in a short amount of time (showing me that there was no way they had time to read my post - they were too busy copy and pasting comments).
I think it is definitely possible to thrive on Steemit with quality content. It just takes time.
As far as my Steemit adventure so far, I just post and enjoy the ride. To me it isn't about the number of followers I have, but the quality of followers I have. These "follow me and I'll follow you" people may have more followers than I do, but they are just a group of tiny accounts that will most likely get downvoted into oblivion by trying to cheat the system. 1 real follower is better than 1,000 fake ones.
Just keep on posting and make sure you are having fun doing it - that is what it is all about! :)
Thanks for your Genuine Comment!
I did what you said, I received a comment that seemed kinda copy and paste-ish, so I checked the comment history of the sender, the results were disappointing:
Yes, It is unfortunate. Eventually they will get downvoted for that behavior, making it less appealing for them to continue commenting like this.
It is always good to check those type of comments lol - no need to give them an upvote and promote the behavior :)
Go back to@artist1989 thread about comments. Some good discussion has evolved about the same subject you just talked about. (I replied with my views, but I can't repost it as a reply to you)... but if you'd like to read it, I just added one that starts out with the sentence: I do this too by curating my comments with special scrutiny.