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Hey, @abh12345.
Sounds like you've got things to keep you busy today, so I will keep this brief for whenever you do see it.
Thanks for another week of the engagement league. Thank you to @curie for their continued support.
Congratulations to all those who finished in the money in the Top 10—@delishtreats, You're No. 1, You're No. 1; @veryspider, well done at No. 2; and @smithlabs, keeping in the mix at No. 3, with @steemflow, @lynncoyle1, and @melinda010100 hot on your tail! I can't think of a tighter finish between so many, in particular No. 3-No. 6. Just 272 points between you!
I personally saw @themanwithnoname virtually everywhere I wanted to be, so I knew he would be somewhere in the Top 10. And @achireerocks and @macoolette—well done to both of you for making it into the green.
There's probably many takeaways that could be made each and every week, but the one I'm seeing this week is, leaguers are engaging, but not necessarily being engaged back to the extent that they were even a month ago. I'm sorry to see that happen. I think we are doing what we can to make STEEM social. We are the ones moving that part of the platform forward.
To everyone here, keep doing what you can. We need all of us.
Onward and upward.
Thanks @glenalbrethsen. Congratulations too to you! You did great on that spot.
And thanks to janton for opting out. Otherwise, I'm out of the green zone. 😊
hey, @macoolette.
Yep. We all need to enjoy the time janton opts out because it won't last forever. So now's the time to do the best we can. :)
Well, thank you for the kind words. I know I should have done better, but now it's this week and there's a whole new engagement mountain to climb. So up we go.
Thank you Glen! Congratulations to you too! I was surprised not to see you on the top :)
I'm also surprised when I comment on somebody's post and don't get any answer. It's sad. How do you want to grow your account when you don't even answer to your followers?
This is a sad situation for sure, especially if they don't have a heap of replies. You have to try to reply to everyone who's left a comment of worth :D
hey, @delishtreats.
re: no answer
Well, I'm sure time factors in to some degree with folks, but for many, I don't think they understand or appreciate the value of engagement. If they're not getting an upvote, then it must not be worth it. Which is sad, because I've actually earned as much on comments as I can on a post. It's not as often, and a lot of them go without being paid anything, but still, it happens, and probably more than they think.
Or in the case of the person posting, they select who they want to engage with, or they move on to the next post. Maybe they read the comments, maybe they don't. Some can be quite picky about the caliber of a comment, too, which is odd, given what they will respond back with at times. :)
re: at the top.
I started off pretty good last week, and then things kind of slid after that. And since c-squared has a couple of contests and curie, too, all centered around engagement, I've been trying to pay attention to those too, but it's denser reading material, and so it takes longer to get through it. So, anyway, it's a balancing act I'm still working on figuring out. It's cool, though. I enjoy all of it, and I'm glad it's there for all of us to participate in without having to do a dozen different things that aren't related at all.
I agree with you completely on the fact that people don't understand the value of the comments. Yes, there are so many upvotes on comments. Of course, not on every single one but there are many Steemians who appreciate this kind of contribution and upvote comments with nice amounts.
I know that some people do it. But I couldn't do it. I respond to all comments just because I know that people spent time on writing them (and hopefully reading my posts), so I want to show that I do appreciate what they've done.
You are right. Going through curie posts is time consuming. I do love those posts though. They have a very nice selection. I enjoy engaging with people and I'm thankful for all these contests as they also motivate people to be more active on the platform :)
I've often wondered the same @delishtreats! I go back a few times, but if I don't receive a reply on my third try, I move on. Engagement is obviously a two-way street :) But I know that I'm preaching to the choir with you <3
I totally agree with you. Some people think that it's enough to make a post and wait for the fame to find them :D Good luck to them :)
Thank you and Congratulations Glen! Nicely said too.
Love it! Your brief is more than most say on here all day haha, but I'm with you ... "we need all of us".
Hey, @lynncoyle1.
Yes we do, and we could stand to have more, from the looks of things. I know people started to feel the loss of participation and socialization once the summer started—people got out and about, and the prices fell—but since HF 20 created a day's long ghost town, then left so many with insufficient RCs, it's felt even more like I'm commenting to my own echoes.
I hope you're doing well, and everyone there with you. I think we're finally getting the rain you were talking about a while back. Actually, that's not possible, but anyway, it's raining. :)
In spite of all of that, and even though I haven't been at my best yet, I'm going to miss October. It's been the absolute best month for earnings I've had since I've been here. So, I guess if people don't want to post or engage, I'll just have to scoop me some more reward pool rewards, and power it up. :)
Hi Glen, thanks for the short message - One of your shorter ones at least :)
It's a little alarming to hear:
Not a lot that can be done about that though.
Cheers, onwards :)
Yeah, I know. Even my short comments are larger than most. :)
re: alarming
I've been noticing it more over the last couple of weeks. I think there's still quite a few people who need to pick and choose what they do on STEEM because of RCs. And then, since I'm making an effort to get out to more folks I haven't interacted with before, I ran into plenty of them that don't reply, don't want to further a conversation, or don't know how. I haven't been trying to egg someone on who doesn't want to continue.