[STEEMIT CULTURE] TO FOLLOW OR NOT TO FOLLOW: THAT'S THE $15K QUESTION!
steemit·@cjclaro·
0.000 HBD[STEEMIT CULTURE] TO FOLLOW OR NOT TO FOLLOW: THAT'S THE $15K QUESTION!
<p><img src="http://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/follow-me-to-honeymoon-photos-instagram-murad-osmann-natalia-5.jpg" /><br /> PHOTO CREDIT: <a href="http://www.boredpanda.com/follow-me-to-honeymoon-photos-instagram-murad-osmann-natalia/" rel="noopener">WWW.BOREDPANDA.COM</a></p> <p>"I have 1.5M followers in Instagram".</p> <p>"I have 850,000 followers in Facebook".</p> <p>"I am followed by 1M Twitter members!".</p> <p>How awesome is it that we have so many followers! And in return we follow them as well or someone else. SteemIt has a FOLLOW button that we can all click if we want to follow someone. How important is this for the individual user and for the community as a whole?</p> <h2>The Benefits of Followers</h2> <ol> <li><strong>You get to have "fans" for your postings. </strong>Although it's not an assurance that they will upvote your posts, you have a "captured" group of people who will be able to see your postings. A much better scenario than having your post pushed down 30 posts in just 30 seconds after you submitted it.</li> <li><strong>Your "market value" increases.</strong> Let's be honest. People who declare they have millions of followers on social media and can prove it, of course, get attention from the whales and other lesser gods. So <a href="https://steemit.com/steemit/@dollarvigilante/if-you-get-angry-others-are-making-money-on-steemit-you-need-to-stahp#@cjclaro/re-dollarvigilante-if-you-get-angry-others-are-making-money-on-steemit-you-need-to-stahp-20160809t020017135z">STAHP</a> whining if your post does not get 15K SD in 24 hours. You got to build your brand first, make friends, get followers, build your market value. Get FOLLOWERS!</li> <li><strong>You get to be influential. </strong>Your opinion counts. Your upvote counts. People will rely on you and depend on you. In other words, you get to build your integrity. People TRUST you. You become a "resource" person. The "GO-TO" guy. The Expert. Isn't that exciting?</li> <li><strong>It boosts your self-confidence.</strong> The feeling that you have something to contribute to the community is what will make you to continue doing your good deeds.</li> <li><strong>An inspiration to others.</strong> You can always encourage those who are less follower-gifted. Provide tips, mentoring those "little" people to achieve what you have now.</li> </ol> <h2><img src="https://media.makeameme.org/created/Mazzi-maz-follow.jpg" /></h2> <h2>The Benefits of Following (not Stalking!)</h2> <ol> <li><strong>You get a chance to get followed back. </strong>If you want people to follow you and you are in no position to impose it to anyone, its best to do the following first.</li> <li><strong>You learn from people </strong>whom you believe can share their wisdom and knowledge with you. And you get easy access to their advise in your feeds.</li> <li><strong>You get to upvote those whom you want to support without so much fuzz.</strong> As soon as the users you follow submits a post, you get to see it in your Feeds. You don't have to look for them somewhere else.</li> <li><strong>It shows that you are interested with what other people have to say.</strong> This is not to say that when someone doesn't follow anyone, he is cold or something. There are reasons for that, I'm sure. But since we are in a community that promotes collaboration, following someone seems to make sense.</li> <li><strong>The association counts, especially if they follow you back.</strong> I am friends with @dan and @ned! Ok. I may be pushing it. Sorry. But you get what I mean.</li> </ol> <p>And there could be more reasons why it's good to follow and get followed. Overall, we are in a community and we are collaborators for the good of STEEM and SteemIt. </p> <h2>Let's use of the "FOLLOW" button. Otherwise, just bring it down.</h2> <p>#steemit #steemitculture #follow #culture</p>