RE: Why can’t I get upvotes on Hive?
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Those with stake are all that matter
Another great, straight to the point, no fluff article, and even though I agree with every single word of this, I still want to add something:
While those with stake is all that matter in terms of you earning rewards or not, you never know who's vote that might end up being valuable.
For that reason, I personally think- and believe that everyone, especially newcomers, should always strive to build an audience, grow their followers and increase credibility and reputation on site.
In my opinion, I think that responding to comments on your own content is literally the first step of doing that. Going outside of your own content is the next step, but it's equally important as the first.
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I found that over time people's audiences can grow in stake value to. If we are all growing together, then our votes become more valuable over time.
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Great point!
Someone with a huge stake might be best friends with someone that you strike up a conversation with.
They see it, engage and you strike up a connection that way.
Just gotta put yourself out there :)
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Or a small little fish/cub suddenly decides to invest because they see the awesome potential.
Might not be so realistic as what you said, but it's definitely something I am striving for to happen.
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99% of the people here with stake started as a n00b with 5 HP.
Who knows, your interaction could be what spurs the next whale to invest.
And then you have a ready made relationship!
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@hitmeasap was one of the first people I followed.
He wrote a post about how he pulled out some earnings and bought himself stuff (it was silly things like jeans and headphones and such) but it made me SEE that I could use this income to get my kids the extra "little stuff" that I thought I wanted to give them.
Then I totally turned on my kids and instead of providing them with little extras, I stopped buying them Friday Night Pizza's so I could invest in HIVE.
LOL
Still not sorry - I bought myself some bags.
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Exactly. I am not currently one, but I was a LEO whale in the past and I will be again ;-) In the meantime, I am still consuming and voting on content.
Those that catch my attention today get small upvotes, but I follow or remember them. Over time, they will continue to get my votes and those will gradually grow larger and larger. Then my vote recipients will be very happy, but they will have to stick it out to get there.
Beggers always get skipped by me. Seems harsh but I guess I am biased because of my upbringing (was always taught not to beg -- and I guess because of that it rubs me the wrong way).
Repeat beggers get put in the memory banks as losing all future chances. Not fair, but it is just how I am wired.
I myself post very little because I often don't think I have much to offer. I realize that I could get more revenue if I did, but don't want to put out lots of low value stuff. A reputation is hard to gain, but easy to lose.
As all above have said, comments are the best way to engage. People are much less judgemental of comments because they view them as a conversation and not a work to be graded. After all, it's just a conversation (and no one likes a conversation where all the other person does is beg them for something).
It is also easier to provide value in a conversation. Just listen and respond with something that shows you were interested and might be helpful or a fresh viewpoint.
Ironically I am ruining this conversation with my blathering :-) So I will go. Rant off!
This blog by the way @forexbrokr was awesome!
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This is probably very true. I've never really looked at it like that, but I have been struggling more than once to create content because I haven't felt that it was good enough. I don't really care about that when it comes to comments, because I'm just basically telling people what's on my mind at that time.
I'll give the beggars an image to use ;)=
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Hahaha!!
Everything is easier and better when it's a conversation. We were doing that for eons before we ever wrote a word :-)
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It sure is. Engagement is extremely important. I'm glad we have an active community here, but I wish people would step up their game a notch.
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Step up is very important and more also we need to be more creative and engage more and I guess some new members are novice and don't know about so many things on hive generally @hitmeasap
We seem to have a lot of activity recently though, so hopefully it continues in the same pace in the future as well. :)
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I will always be a part please I stand to be corrected if you notice anything wrong from my post am a learner @hitmeasap
I'm looking forward to your triumphant return to LEO whaledom haha.
In the meantime, you should definitely create content if you want to.
You're obviously quite a good writer and with just a little structure, you would definitely not be spamming the community.
Do it!
PS. I just had a sneaky look at your wallet and damn I'm jealous of that LEOMM stack!
Did you buy them all early?
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Yes. :-) Not all at once, but definitely early. Posted about it early on.
https://leofinance.io/@steemstreems/7geqwr-my-stupendously-stupid-steemleo-success-strategy
One of my handful of existing posts.
Was about the only smart thing I have done on LEO in all this time. Of course I didn't know that for sure back then, but I thought it would be smart. Turns out it was. :-)
I have been a LEO believer since it started.
Wish I'd have bought more of course :-)
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Ha, it makes me smile going back and reading those old posts.
Also fun reading all the comments from people agreeing.
Some who now have a huge stake themselves and some... who didn't take their own advice and missed out (awks haha).
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Makes me realize that I need to go back and revise my LEO plans. Lots has changed :-)
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Many of the people I vote for now earned my following when my upvote was worth 0.02 - now my vote is wort .30 + tokens.
So while I still can't support families on my upvote, I can add to the piggy bank with the fat coins as opposed to the pennies.
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One day your vote will support families. Actually a couple of your 0.30 votes will and probably is supporting a family right now.
Thing is, you may never know if you have supported families, but that's ok, because you will have and that family will know.
Maybe that family will go on and support other families in turn with their LEO, once again without even knowing. It's a really neat and virtuous cycle.
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Thanks for that reminder.
Being in California, it gets easy to forget that you are a part of a world wide economy.