888 Followers - Time for a Festive Season Giveaway for all my follo...

888 followers seems like a nice round number.

I'm aiming for 1000 but 888 is a good place to be.

Follower numbers can mean a lot or they can mean a little.

It is generally good to have a large number. It can convey some degree of prestige and status on the platform to have a big follower number.

But really it is more about how many people actively engage with you that is most important.

How is it that I have almost 900 followers but only very rarely get over a hundred views on a post - most times 50 or less.

Perhaps it is because I don't engage with all my followers. For the most part I am guilty of taking followers for granted.

I do keep an eye of new followers either through Steem Followers (https://steem.makerwannabe.com) or through @neander-squirrel's excellent new @ginabot on Discord.

But that generally is as far as it goes.

I don't go and greet my new followers and say hello. Out of common courtesy maybe I should?

So to make amends over the next 10 days I am going to systematically visit the blogs of every one of my followers.

And to show appreciation for taking the time and effort to follow me for anyone with 'proper' posts of the last seven days I will leave an upvote.

With the rising steem price and my increasing SP I have now reached the magic metric of the one dollar upvote so I should be able to make all the upvotes at least 10 - 20 cents in value.

I am guessing the number of followers with posts in the last seven days is going to be well under 500 so I should have some useful voting power to spare for a few lucky dip 100% upvotes.

[ graphic from @mynameisbrian 's Dead Followers tool : http://steemit.deadfollowers.info/ ]

And I will be keeping an eye out for anyone that deserves some extra festive upvote cheer - particularly anyone who has upvoted or resteemed this post or introduced new followers along the way. Do let me know in the comments in case I miss it...

So I look forward to dropping in on every one of my followers over the next ten days.

You don't need to leave mince pies and brandy out for me, but if I leave a message feel free to share a little tipple with me.

Happy Festives...

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888 Followers - Time for a Festive Season Giveaway for all my followers