As a content creator with Steemit as my playground, I think a lot about what it is that you have to do to keep people coming back to your blog. We like to talk about quality content here, what you should post, how long the post should be, adding good images, being original, doing your research, being engaged in the community and all of that to get upvotes and comments.
What it all boils down to, I think, is being interesting. Simple as that, be interesting.
It doesn’t matter what topic you post about, how well you write or how good your pictures are, if you are interesting, people will follow what you do, and if you are not, then it doesn’t matter how much time you use perfecting your posts. I see that this is a point of frustration to many people who write well enough and are smart, but just can’t grab people’s attention.
You know those charismatic people who walk into the room and everyone gravitates towards them, that is what we are looking for. You don’t have to be the prettiest, smartest or funniest, but you gotta have that IT-factor if you wanna make it big in here. Or you can buy a million steems and you’ll have a lot of friends here.
But how to be interesting? Hell if I know, I’m always trying to figure out that for myself. I guess it helps if you are a tad bit mental, don’t take yourself too seriously and have fun with what ever you do. Playing it safe is not an option. Nor is trying to please everyone.
Looking at some of the people that are the biggest and most known personalities in Steemit, they all seem a little nuts, more and less functional members of society.
None of us can deny the allure of people you can’t quite understand the actions of. They often have very polarizing views, don’t sugarcoat things, might seem irrational at times and stand strong behind their views, what ever it might be, even that earth is flat. But you gotta admit, it’s interesting as hell, even if you don’t agree.