" When you start on Steem you can make a lot of "instafriends" and be ushered into different circles rapidly and before you know it some things don't quite add up " lol oh my lovely @battleaxe you a breath of fresh air sometimes ))

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An interesting insight about the Steem community. Today is my first day, and I just posted my first story less than an hour ago, so I'm still waiting for all these alleged instafriends to come calling, lol. Hoping for the best!

cute picture follow me and stay active

Too much fake love out here.
Gotta respect the real ones :)

i find the chat areas have very low standard of conversation and haven't been able to handle the lack of intelligence and slow pace - i must be connecting with the wrong people or the wrong time -i am now following you in support

As I've pointed out before, there is certainly a lot of fakery around here. Fake politeness. Fake positivity. Fake "development projects." Fake "revenue models" and "revenue sharing." You really need to be able to parse the fake BS  from the real thing. The problem is - the bar has been set so low, anything that *appears* to be *less* fake (relatively) can almost feel quite refreshing...but may still be a glass of piss trying to pass itself off as award-winning champagne. 

But...

Nobody cares anyway.

> SO, feel free to scroll through all my blog **to see me being me**, there is zero bullshit and I write on topics that go from the absurd like joking about poo to silly songs to very serious matters such as....

I try to be me too, but at the same time I try to be the best type of me I can be... still, "if I don't like you I'll say that to your face"... But I don't do that much because I can count the number of people I really hated in my life on my hands. and even then I feel more sorry than hate for them.

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Some people might not like it but if I see a Post that can be better, I'd say what it lacks in a comment (not always because I don't always have time for listing what is wrong with the world). sometimes I think if what I'm doing is offensive... sometimes I think I talk too much!! But I can't stop.... I feel that if I don't try to 'fix' people, the world might end.

Yeah i find steemit incentavises hive mind too much with the upvotes. Whike there are fewer trolls, fewer people also voice dissenting opinions.

Yeah, idk. I've been powering up my posts for the last week or so. I figure I want to grow my stake regardless of if I get 50/50 or 100%

Self vote if you want to, but you'll make more money by accurately curating, or by renting your stake out to others.

I wonder if the value was taking out of the platform, how many people would stick around? With the lack of features here, my guess would probably be fairly little, especially some of the true content creators.

Love this! I like to think I show my true colors. I figure it weeds people out fast and saves me time too haha!! 😂

fake expressions...everywhere. It's hard to tell from the real..

Upvoted and RESTEEMED :)

Sounding like Trump with all this "FAKE" talk..lol..You can tell who is real and who is here because they heard you can make some bucks on this social networking site, and some are here to show the world their talent and skills in whatever it may be. Great post.

I think that incentivized good behavior or kindness is not a bad thing. There are Steemians who offer help in one way or another and I just accept their help. I don't really question their motives for helping me. We just have to realistic, these are just on line acquaintances  and we should not have expectations of them treating  us friends or close friends. Just my 2 cents.

good lesson , thanks for sharing battle , best wishes for you ;)

Do you know Niccolo Machiavelli?

He wrote a book about power and how leaders behave or should behave to be successful. Napoleon and Hitler were big fans. There was the concept of the 3 faces of a leader.

The humanitarian (sheep) face for your people.

The brave face (lion) for your friends/allies.

The fearsome face (wolf) for your enemies.

Many people hate on Nico because they see it as an instruction for dictators. In reality it is more of an empiric analysis of power and how to get it.

Only book I ever bought and read was "the prince" by Machiavelli :3

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Good post, very well written. Thanks for sharing :) Keep on Steeming.

I'm pretty much an asshole on the internet, but not on Steemit. I will be totally nice for that 0.01 upvote.

G eazy said " be careful with people you meet here" Doesn't take long for me lol

It's best to write  about ourselves cause I believe that what matters is our voice. If I am genuinely helping someone, that's also me being me. I don't really want to dig down through people motives cause it can get really bad.

Anyway I always know that under Philosophy I'd find something interesting!

Cheers dude, keep being you!

Nice post here. I just started Steemit a few days ago and was starting to make some of the same observations.

Thanks battleaxe, this needed to be said!!

Good article Mary <3

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Brilliant post. I'm still locating my voice after all these years. The truth is out there.

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Always stay true and always keep it 100 @battleaxe good stuff

everyone has breakdowns from trying so hard to impress in a community filled with users looking for a big break.. the mistake is not realizing.. the people you're stressing over, trying to impress, are struggling with the same issues. 

It is a very big responsibility to lead by example on steemit.. being upfront and honest is what everyone calls for yet steemit is over saturated with multiple accounts from one person or another, pushing different ideas and agendas to put themselves in a better position to make more money and be a "Legend"

I feel ya tho.. good stuff.