I know I am taking a risk by saying this. Many of the examples of the people who are doing this are whales here on Steemit. I understand that. I just need to get this out there right now.
I believe if something is on your mind, you need to speak it. I am not just going to hide in a little closet about my thoughts! So let me just get to the point. I honestly do not feel it is right for people to be ignoring those who are engaging in their content.
I cannot stand it when I take the time to write a 200 word in-detail comment on someone's post, only to realize that the person thinks it's fine not to reply.. I don't care who you are, I am telling you don't think it's cool.
Now, do not get me wrong, I'm not trying to make any enemies here. That is absolutely the last thing I want! However, I am not going to suck-up to anyone who thinks they are cooler than any other human being because of monetary things. I can understand how ego can play a role when a person has a dominant feeling of power, but honestly, get over yourself. It's just money. It can be earned by anyone!
On Steemit, I see many Minnows trying to attract the Whales by acting extra nice in their comments sections. Acting like complete gold-diggers! I suppose you can expect that if you have a valuable account LOL!
To all you Gold-Diggers.. STOP!
What I find completely wrong is when these people think it's alright to disregard the genuine viewers and engagers. Believe it or not, by doing this you are just degrading the quality of your following. People will just be coming to you for the money you have, and the real, genuine people will eventually just stop trying. I am one of those people.
I have now made a decision that I am not going to reward this disrespect of being ignored. From now on, if I see anyone (I don't care who it is or how much Steem Power they have), I will disregard any respect I would've shown to them previously, if they are not even taking the small effort of a few seconds to reply to the real fans.
Again, it's just my opinion, but I believe if you are not engaging with your audience, then you are only building terrible rapport.
I want everyone reading this to take a stand for themselves. Whether you are the one trying to catch these people's attention, in which case you need to rather follow your own path, or if you are someone who is rudely ignoring their audience, maybe consider treating those people better.
I have decided that whoever the user is, if they don't have the decency to respond to their audience, then they don't deserve my comment. I don't care how valuable they think they are.
I can understand for the people on a place like YouTube where eventually they got to like their first 1 million subscribers, that the comments section would be unbearably engaged to be able to respond to everyone, but those YouTubers were engaging with all their fans way before they got to that point.
The people here on Steemit must please not develop 'big man syndrome' and think they are bigger than they really are! Some of the biggest accounts on this platform are only 10,000 followers about.. So I'm sorry, but absolutely none of you have an excuse.
I would like to commend @Sweetsssj and @Meesterboom for leading by strong example and doing exactly this. @Sweetsssj is a fantastic example of someone getting the most engagement in her comments section on this platform so far (500+ comments on each post), and yet she responds to almost all of them! @Meesterboom has made over 15,000 comments/engagements to his audience so far. True example of responding to build rapport!
Again, I don't mean to be rude to any of the people on this platform doing this. It is completely your choice how you manage your audience. I was simply stating my opinion, and the actions I am taking.
More than how much this post can make, I care far more about getting my content in front of newer faces. So if you would like to show your appreciation, it would be awesome of you to resteem this, and share it with others!
I would love to know what's on your mind. Be bold and talk to me in my comments section! I would to know your opinion and what it is you'd like to achieve.
I am trying my best to make 2 high quality blog posts per day. So stay tuned! Talk soon guys.
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