Greeting's Steemian's
Let's have a little chat about resteems, shall we?
If you are new here, you may not even know what a resteem is. So what is a resteem? Simply put, it is you sharing someone else's article on your own blog.
If you don't know how to resteem yet, you are probably ultra new, and I would suggest a quick search on how to resteem. It's not difficult, and if you know where the upvote button is, you are pretty close to the resteem button. A little common sense in this respect should help you find it.
So you may or may not have wondered, should I resteem? Is resteeming a detriment to my progress on Steemit? How will people view me if I resteem regularly?
I will start out by saying this. Not many people actually really care what you do on Steemit, so long as it does not interfere with what they are doing on Steemit. This may come a shock to you, you may disagree entirely, but in my time here, I've realized that this is indeed the truth. Some people do actually care, and oft time's their disgust or reprimand is generally dismissed. You may find yourself with a ton of Steemit friends, and perhaps the Steemit friends you have, might adhere to certain standards. They may frown upon resteeming, or they may embrace it. It is entirely dependent on who these friends turn out to be, and how many there are.
I've had friends here that come and go, and a select few that stick around, but it's difficult to engage with a huge circle of people on Steemit, (For me anyways). Don't expect yourself to be having interactions with 100 people on a daily basis. It's just not going to happen, unless you are superhuman, and if you try, you may find yourself not living up to your own expectations, or worse, becoming encumbered by not meeting the expectations of others. Try to avoid this pitfall. (That advice is geniune), but I digress. Let's get back to the topic at hand.
Some people regard resteeming as an inflation of ego. As to say "I like this, so you should too," but I don't agree with this mindset. My thought is, "I like this, so I would like to share this with you, because I find it interesting, and you may find it interesting as well." If you do not agree with my mindset, well, I care not. You are welcome to feel however you wish regarding this topic.
Some people wish to have a nice clean look on their blog; each and every article looking exactly the same, beautiful and organized. I can see the value in this, and I enjoy going to a blog that looks nice and organized. I tip my hat to those who can maintain such organization in an unorganized reality, but within my disorganization, is organization. We are all creatures of pattern, whether we realize it or not. So it becomes work for me to deviate from my normal way of being. I don't wish to do so, and I think you have already deduced, that I advocate resteeming, but there is a limit to this of course!
The compulsive resteemer will find himself shunned usually, (unless he/she is running a resteem service) I follow a couple resteeming services, and utilize them. The extra exposure is indeed minimal, but it's extra exposure nonetheless, and you will get some extra attention/upvotes once in a while if you utilize them. This is tried, and true, but if you decide to do some resteeming yourself, there are some things to consider such as:
Quality of resteemed posts, shitposts, vs. quality (open for interpretation).
How often you resteem, few times a week, vs. 5 times a day.
Total obliteration of visibility of your own posts, vs. your most recent post still visible without scrolling down too far.
Resteeming of friends posts vs. random trending/or interesting posts you see...
In my humble opinion, these are the most important aspects to consider if you are going to resteem.
I very rarely will resteem a post from someone I don't know, unless that shit is gold.. And I very rarely will resteem a shitpost, unless its a friend, and I wish to share their shit with others. (Most of my friends don't shitpost IMO).
I think we're all entitled to the occasional shitpost of course, and I really don't care if anyone disagrees with that notion. I work hard on my blogs, I try to style with markdown, I try to make my posts visually appealing, I add imagery, I proof read before posting, ect. I put WORK into my blogs, so once in a while I don't put work in. I just share some random thoughts, and type away. Like today, this is a perfect example of a semi shit post. A little work put into it, but not much. For some, it may take an immense amount of work to produce a post like this. It is all relevant to how fast you type, and how well you are able to express your thoughts in text, but here I am digressing again.
I'm going to start wrapping this up now, because the common theme on Steemit, and everywhere else is: (No one has time to read this shit, make it brief and to the point). Well, I just type until I am done typing. I don't exactly conform to a general one size fits all mindset. Someone is likely going to read this entire post, someone is likely going to resteem this post, because as shitpostish as is it, it's still awesome, I know it is, because I wrote it, and evidently I am in one of those half shitty ego inflated moods today, but it's ok, because we are entitled to have days like that...Yes, we are..
So I would advise when resteeming the awesomeness you find, to consider some futuremind thoughts. I am not claiming to have it all figured out, but I think the compulsive resteemer finishes somewhere last, and the non resteemer is usually holier than thou. If you think something is good, and others may like it, well...Resteem that shit...Help the person out with some visibility, its the least you can do if you like their post. If you like it, chances are, some others will like it too.
There is nothing wrong with being a little selfish with your blog, but there is also nothing wrong with helping your friends out on Steemit. As they say, "One hand washes the other".
That's it, I'm done.
Much love,
