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Read the post and the answers are in there!

Main message reads: "Be who and what you are = be yourself", don't let anything or ANYONE tell you otherwise. Plus there are some advantages in not putting all your eggs in the one basket, even here on Steem!

As for your other question: Too many people fall into the trap of thinking that they have to "conform to others" and do things the way "others" expect them to do it.
Doing something the unorthodox way, doing it in ways that "the majority" would never do it needs to be seen!

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Cheers mate. Glad to see you're back, hope you enjoyed the holidays.

Doing something the unorthodox way, doing it in ways that "the majority" would never do it needs to be seen!

I hate to break it to you, Jack. I don't think you're exactly defying the convention by using the bid bots on this sort of thing to the extent you have.

If you truly believe your commentary is valuable, why the need to bolster it up with so many paid votes?