Inber- I agree that follow for follow or just commenting for the sake of commenting such as "nice post" has no meaning.  As to Chat room etiquette -  I am very new to all this but know that as a gentleman, I will always say Hello first before jumping into the topic.  

I am a minnow (just 5 days old) and in my eagerness to reach a lot of Steemians with my blogs with a certain message, I have been committing two  mistakes -   1) following a lot of people in the hopes they follow back  
2) Putting a request in my comments about helping me by resteeming.  Ofcourse, I have always read articles, thought and then put meaningful expanded comments  and also, usually have tried to request resteems of blogs which have a cause -  in my case  either wildlife related or deforestation related like this one -  https://steemit.com/portraitcontest/@vm2904/portraitcontest-baboon-reflecting-on-life-entry-1

However, I realize that this way may be intrusive.   

I think you do thoughtful blogs even for color challenges - like doing an adaption of painting etc.  to link the challenge with your art.  I am therefore following you.

I leave it to your better (obviously :-)  ) judgement to see my blogs and decide if you want to follow.

Regards.
A minnow
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