What In Thee Actual Fuck is Going On!
Do I suddenly suck at this game? Was it something I said? Is this because I flagged that asshole for spamming bullshit comments on my page? Wait, you probably don't even know about that, ignore that part.
Speaking of which.
Pain in the Ass #1
These spam comments can go away! Don't try to kiss my ass for a follow and a $10 vote! Wait, you probably didn't know my vote is worth that much. Ignore that part. Pay attention to the first part. Besides, I lied. The vote is worth more.
Great post
! Just so you know, your posts always inspires me... No wonder I became addicted and followed YOU!
ME!?
That comment really stands out for me. When I first read it, I thought someone was really taking a shining to my work. I do receive a lot of good, wholesome, genuine comments. They make me feel good. I did not feel good when I noticed that user was leaving the same comment on every post. The included link to his work was what made me suspicious.
I don't like being manipulated. Nor do I enjoy a mailbox full of flyers. I don't look at the flyers. I don't want to buy your shit. I burn them when I feel like having a fire. Do you want to get burned?
In the past I've been calling people out and asking them to stop spamming. I'll usually include a screenshot of said spam so they cannot come back, call me a liar, and attempt to manipulate me further.
Up until recently, it wasn't much of a problem. It's getting worse now. Anyone caught leaving bunk comments on my blog will be getting a flag. Most people don't even apologize when I ask them to stop, they just carry on spamming other members. If you do come back to apologize and stop spamming other members, I will remove the flag.
That asshole who was so addicted to my posts didn't apologize. He got the message and abruptly stopped following me. Does that sound like something a true fan of my work would do?
So Cut The Shit Already
As of this writing, I've been able to gain 793 followers. They came to me, I didn't go to them. I guess they simply enjoy what I do here and dammit I love them for it!
Whether they enjoyed my post or a comment I left somewhere else, they came to me for being me. I can guarantee that because I don't try to act like anyone else.
Just talk to me, us, this community. Don't be the guy standing on the sidewalk rushing every passerby and jamming a pamphlet in their face! That doesn't work on the street. It annoys people. When someone on the street asks you to follow them down a dark alleyway, do you go?
Act natural. There's your advice.
Not everyone will like you, get used to it. Not everyone likes me, but at least I don't give them a good reason not to like me so it's their own damn fault.
Speaking of which.
Pain in the Ass #2
Why do I suddenly feel like nobody likes me? What's up with that! I'm sure it's mostly in my head, but damn!
Votes are way down, views are down, comments are down. I'm going crazy! 793 followers, I've been here for nine months and two days, high reputation number thing, I can count the amount of times I've been an asshole on one hand and still have fingers left... so what's up? Did I miss something? This feels like the day my friends in grade seven ditched me for the new kid because he had a Super Nintendo.
I hated that day!
I don't know if my posts have started to suck. I've been working hard, as per usual. Not many have been looking, so it's not like they show up and leave feeling disappointed. Have I been muted? Is everyone sick of me? Is this only going to get worse? Just thought I'd ask.
I can take an honest answer.
I was wondering a few days ago if I had done something wrong. Since everyone has a nice strong vote now, I thought I'd try going the extra mile. That incredibly long image inside the Chuck post from yesterday was way too much work. It's not a small image blown up. It was produced to that scale. Three hours in, I had ten views. It felt like 760 people turned their back on me. To be honest, I'm not even comfortable bringing this up. Doing my best to keep my chin up.
Enough about me though.
Pain in the Ass #3
The whole maximizing curation rewards mentality has got to go!
Those of you selfishly setting auto vote services to vote only for a few select "easy money" authors in order to maximize your curation rewards will not be feeling very good when those curation rewards are worth fuck all. How do you expect this platform to succeed if only a handful of people get the votes? You're not thinking about the future!
Why is it so difficult for new members to get noticed around here? Well, one of the main contributing factors is the fact so many members went down the automation route. They're not even here to look.
Why do we have a trending page if the typical advice being chucked around to new members is:
Don't even look at the trending page, it's too depressing.
Everyone's sitting around with their thumbs up their asses pointing blame at everyone but themselves. It's this whale, it's that whale, is these members over here! Meanwhile, they could be spreading the wealth around more efficiently, making it easier for new and established members to at least be able to find the ladder that needs to be climbed.
Use your robots, I don't care! They make life easy, right? I don't use one, but I can see the benefits. You're not maximizing your curation rewards when everyone guns for the same people. Find who you like and vote for them. In the future, when more people are allowed to succeed you will then see how you've maximized your curation rewards. You're not maximizing a damn thing if you're contributing to this place struggling to get off the ground due to the very simple fact that it has become increasingly more difficult for new members to gain traction because of bullshit maximizing curation rewards strategy.
It's very simple math, I don't need to explain anymore. I'm not trying to take away rewards from anyone either. Just giving some long overdue advice that will end up giving away far more rewards in the end. I have thirty thousand dollars today and I don't want to see it go down to a few bucks because of a few selfish nincompoops.
Yes! I said nincompoops!
That is all. Have a nice day.
