[Steemit tips] Comments can pay really well and are the best way to improve the community

in #steemit7 years ago (edited)

I've been using a lot of the websites I mentioned in my last post recently and I noticed that some of the comments that I've left on people's posts are earning more than my own posts! In that sense it's 'easy money'. Not that that's what comments should be seen as, I just want to clarify their value. Some comments have paid more than posts that have taken quite a while to write! It can take just a few seconds to leave a decent comment and some will even lead to flowing conversation/debate between a group of Steemians. Just adding something that the author has missed, extending upon their ideas or even correcting them at times are good things to do. It adds quality and is so easy to do. Sometimes a post can take ages to write and then go completely unnoticed! It is not very often that I comment and don't at least get a reply. Look at how much this comment earned (not my own):

Here's a look at how comments do consistently pay for me:

You may have seen another of my posts where I said 'I have Steem Power because I want to reward good content from my community'. Now ever since I wrote that the vast majority of the upvotes I've given out have been to posts in my feed i.e. who I follow (that includes most of my followers). This is the reason why I decided to write this post about commenting. If you've written good posts since then, I follow you and I've not upvoted you in that time, it's probably because unfortunately I didn't notice it. However, if you had left a comment on any of my posts in that time, there's a good chance I would have looked at your profile and would have seen it. I've also noticed that a decent comment can get you a new follower who upvotes loads of your posts so it's well worth doing. If you leave really good comments, on really good posts, you're going to have a really good Steemit community. That's the point: having a good community. I'm not saying go spam posts with 'nice post' that's the opposite of what I'm saying. Really, commenting is about building relationships and this is a big part of effective posting on Steemit.

Thanks for reading. If you liked my post then please upvote, resteem and/or comment.

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I agree with you @tomsweet.

Nice one @el-morenza thanks for the re-steem too

You're welcome bro

good to know. Thanks!

cheers @ deebo420 i like your name ;)
Saw you were playing Fifa - I've been playing since the first one on Mega Drive!

thanks brotha! that whats up dude! :)

Dude, our minds... thoughts seem to be paralleling. Sometimes it seems my most intense essays don't get noticed... (or understood at times.) I've been writing a long-ass time... independently because I don't like structured guidelines...
Anyway, before I ramble... "followed" probably the most significant follow of this new week. I look forward to your tips and musings.
Cheers.. @noxsoma

That's very nice of you my friend, thank you.
I look forward to more of your posts too - I'm getting so many good responses it's great

So actually reading the post and supplying a reply that is relevant to the information that you have read is very valuable and can pay you back ×10.......
Great analysis Mr. Sweet your kicking butt!!

Thanks mate... and @clearbluecrypto has known the value of comments for ages
Always getting great feedback from him

Thank you my man, as alway thank you for the information.

Did you get discord dude?

Yes im searching for you tomsweet but i cant find you bro.

oh yeah i think everyone has 4 numbers (discord tag) you need too search - tomsweet0099

Yeah, some plankton think that just because they don't have great content to put out that they can't contribute. I try to point out in the steem.chat that there's plenty of posts out there without meaningful comments of any kind. Since I'm not much of a content creator my comments end up doing much better :D

Haha
Yeah I've seen some profiles with no posts and a really high reputation. There is a lot of posts that don't get any comments. Also there's some really poor quality posts. It would be better for the community and more beneficial to the individual to replace poor posts with engaging with good ones...
Really like and appreciate your comment @schrosct

very true is a matter of just making a good comment

Thanks for the tips. I still new to this, putting in a lot of effort for little result (though I didn't join up just to make money). But this sounds like it's at least worth trying.

Thanks sounds like you get it. It wants to be good quality comments, that add value to good posts. One thing about steemit is your post is in the feed of so many people at first then very quickly no one so it's worth building a community through comments and gaining followers.

Thanks again

I love to comment, never seen anyone upvoting it, however, I do 50-100 comments daily on different posts of the steemians just to encourage them and keep the spirit of discussion.

Well people should be upvoting them more! They have hidden benefits like followers too.
This comment got you an upvote and a follower (at least) so some work :)

Thanks for your goodness! I appreciate!