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Thanks for your vote. You seem new here, so I would caution you to not ask for follows or upvotes as it pisses of some people and isn't well seen on steemit. But if you write cool posts then I will definitely follow you.
I generally check out the posts of everyone who comments on my ones and if I like them then I always follow.
Also check out steemfollower, it's really good for getting more votes on your post in a non-annoying way.

Thanks Andrea. Good to know the advice can benefit more people.

Also be very careful with copy/pasting comments as many people don't like that either and might even downvote for that reason. I guess everybody likes to feel that their post has been read and understood by the commenter.