This is so true.
The greatest way to grow on steem is to be passionate about it and not purely do it so you have any financial gain. That is just a bonus of interacting with a great community.
Thanks for this post!

i'm new to the community and i really appreciate this kind of advice. it's good to know and respect the etiquette.
thanks

I admire and respect your honesty in voicing out about the less desirable behaviour  of some steemers! I'm a 2nd day steemer here and I totally agree on the importance of original and genuine content of value. I think no matter which platform people go, it's important to remember that people and connections are at the crux of everything which goes here. Kudos! 🙏

I'm new here too, but, from my experience on 500px.com (where i was there by more than 3 years, and where there is a voting system, that don't differ to much from here, to gain popularity), i have to say that i hate too who begs for voting just because, thank you for this article, i will use it in case someone, will ask in my articles, things like that.

### Very worthy post my friend
 I can imagine the big players are spammed regularly with Please this and that replies. 
Must be a pain in the ass but, ( that's what the mute button is for ).
Thanks for sharing this **Important information** to the eager beavers LOL
Cheers
P.S. I Love the begger photo, LMAO :-)

I completely agree with your post. As I am also a beginner on Steemit, but I have never asked for any upvote or following by commenting on other people's post. I know I have a lot to work on and I am determined to do so. 
I am day trader of cryptocurrency , I have skills, I have knowledge and I have patience. Most important I have content in which people would be interested in. I would never ask for upvote because I know if people would like my content, they would definitely upvote for me. I have faith in my abilities. 

Anyways Thanks anayways, it was really a great post.

Is very real what you write, and I do not see what would upset somebody. And I receive requests from time to time to vote or pursue someone. For me to vote or watch someone is something that comes naturally if I'm interested in something and I like watching and voting because I feel like doing it. Success does not come overnight, though for some it seems easy, it's not easy. Here on the platform as in real life the value counts.

good advice

As a newbie to this site, thank you for the sincere advice.  You mentioned community and that's one part of Steemit that I love. It's extremely positive and support-minded here. 

Regards,

Eitsky

I am glad that someone wrote this article and emphasize on begging for votes. This platform will only be successful in the future if  we balance the monetary part of  it. Otherwise it will be just any other social media platform.

well said...

Thanks for your sharing, I started could of weeks ago, it's absolutely amazing web ever that I could talk with all around the world.:)

Thanks for sharing with us!

Man, I admit, you are right! Is important to keep your self-esteem!!'

You and I seem to be on the same wave length Graham. Posting about similar topics around the same time frame. This is how I phrased it https://steemit.com/steemit/@intothewild/guidelines-for-new-members-my-suggestions-minnows-listen-up but yours is maybe even better said. Nice work!

Nothing like a candid post !!

Absolutely agree with the first point (well, I agree with them all but...); it get's real old when people comment on your post just to advertise their own post.  I don't mind if it's relevant to what I was sharing or talking about, that's actually pretty savvy cross-advertising in a sense, but when it's completely unrelated, it's just shameless peddling.

I concur with your advice @kafkanarchy84. I almost stopped using steemit.chat because lots of newbies there begging for upvote and asking you to follow them when they don't even have a content that I am interested in. Posts like this will really help many newbies. 

Thanks for sharing
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Your worth to the community is where it's at...  You want steemdollars? Then contribute yourself to make it happen.

I am in the community for about two weeks now. You are probably right about everything. But sometimes when you put a great effort on writing a decent article with your personal experience doesn't mean you will be liked. People tend to reach mainly the so called "whales", and sometimes an article with almost no info and written with no passion gets a huge amount of upvotes and comments, while the ordinary people's ones stay with no interest at all.
Anyway, I agree with you! Best wishes :)

Good posting for steem users!! Pour your heart into it!! I will follow u~

###### Yes I see your point but, is there really a right way?  I would never beg for  a vote though.

Good article thanks, as a new member I'm realising it's going to be a very long road but am prepared to stick with it , and I'll be the first to admit I have to improve A LOT cheers mike

Your words totally make sense. I love  #2 most. Cheers

i don't feel you are being pompous at all. i've only been here for 2 days, but i'm already annoyed by people who do this. still, i understand how tough it is to start from scratch as many are just looking for ways to get more exposure.

but there are ~~right~~ better ways to do this, which don't make you look like an ass to the authors of the posts you are plugging on. at least read through their content and leave some feedback on it, and then if your own post is somehow related or relevant, then go ahead and share it. or **at least** try to build a connection first instead of going straight for the jugular.

thanks for the tips!

I fully agree, there's nothing more off putting than someone begging for upvotes or spamming low quality content. What made me stay on this site was the caring nature of people here, it's a world away from the majority of social media. I've been trying to be genuine (even if I can be opinionated sometimes) and it seems to be slowly paying off. 

Really love your steemit confessional post, it resonated with me a great deal.

Nice.   UPvoted

>I realize I will probabaly get some hate for this post and be classified as a pompous ass, but oh well.

I did on my anti follower-for-follower post a few days ago, still stand behind it though! I'm glad people sometimes share these kind of things. Some newer members really don't know any better and actually appreciate these posts.

I love this. I am a super noob when it comes to steem. Still learning the ropes and what to do , as well as what NOT to do. 

I'm honestly LOVING steem. I find interesting people all over the globe who have the same or similar world views, and they are posting quite often, so every time I login, there's something of value to read, to think about and to discuss. 

There's no ad or other kak you don't want to see that has been shared by someone your only "friends" with because you were in preschool together. 

There's no distant aunt asking when you're gonna have kids on your photo of whatever.

It's great. 

I like your vibe 🤘🏽

Great article. However, I see a problem that new users face, myself included. As more and more people join the platform, your posts get buried in the "New" because so many people create content. Standing out is extremely difficult in my opinion, so it's totally understandable why so many newbies ask for upvotes, resteems, etc. Nevertheless, I do believe that perseverance and hard work will land you some followers, and ultimately, rewards, in the future. That's why I try my best to come up with something that is valuable to the community.

I am extremely grateful I started creating content a looong time ago and I made a lot of mistakes back then, because that taught me pretty much how you can build a community and get something out of that on almost all the websites.

 It's a simple recipe that you posted on your article too:

1. Creating high quality content and try to put as much value in it for the user as you can.

2. Treat well your users and followers, and care about them, because they are the core of your content.

3. Mind your business, do your job, and don't beg for rewards. Money will, eventually, come.

 I love your post, and other posts like this because I always get a  "yeah, so I'm doing the right thing" feeling when I read something like this.

 One you learn that content is what matters, and that the value you put in it is the thing that gets you the rewards you seek, things get way easier.

 You'll understand all you have to do is to spend time creating and working on something great, instead of begging for upvotes, likes, comments, followers, etc.

 It's funny how there are so many people online, even here, on Steemit, that post a few times a day "articles" that contain only a picture and maybe a little bit of text, and they complain why they don't make any money.

 Great posts, really like it, keep up the good work! :)

I agree a 100% with you. Although self promotion and promotion in general are very important to get a bigger audience, begging for votes or 'trading' your vote for others' votes will harm your image and shows you're not genuinely interested in contributing to the community.

You should upvote what seems valuable to you and you'll have to accept that succeeding on here takes effort.

I actually got a vote beggar to upvote this hahahaha

Great article @kafkanarchy84 I couldn't agree more. I'm fairly new, 4 days in as of now and even I'm already starting to get annoyed with people shamelessly begging for followers and upvotes without providing any value in their content.

Growing your following organically is tough and slow moving at first but I think the only way to really "GET IT" and maintain.  Plus it guarantees that those following you are actually interested in what you have to share/say.

Awesome article!

Hello,  kafkanarchy84!
Can I translate your post to Korean and share it with the link with my KR community?