You can get up to all sorts of strange antics, spend hours or even days working on a post, taking photos, painting, asking AI to make your story look better, having AI write comments, using Google Translate to make your post accessible to a wider audience, and yet you still don’t receive a single upvote. There are various reasons for this, and one of the biggest is that you’re simply not visible to other Steemians.
Of course, anyone can check the main feed on steemit.com to see what new posts are up, but the plain truth is that these appear under ‘Trending’, so what do you see first? All those posts with high vote counts, often from voting bots or whales, and indeed, the content leaves a lot to be desired and certainly doesn’t live up to what’s been preached: quality content is rewarded! Indeed, quality rather than quantity, because that’s seen as spam! To what extent is this true? In reality, it isn’t, because the more often your name appears, the greater the chance that it will be remembered and… that you might actually be read and get that upvote.

It’s certainly bitter when you spend many hours active on and for Steemit and just watch as all the votes pass you by, whilst newcomers receive high votes or immediately start begging the ‘whales’ for upvotes. Then you might well ask yourself, along with me, how it is possible that such a newcomer knows the ropes right from day one and shamelessly, using AI, begs for votes without writing a single word, and actually receives them.

If you don’t want to stoop to these kinds of practices, no brown-nosing, no scamming, no letting AI do your work for you, then, if you have any pride at all, you’ll have to make yourself visible. This means connecting with other platform users and writing genuine comments, using a catchy title and the right hashtags so you can be found amongst those thousands of posts!

To be honest, I never use the Steemit feed and rarely even look at the people I used to follow. For years, I couldn’t even see this on my phone. So I know by name the people I find interesting and know where they post.

Incidentally, there are people who don’t mind if you find something worth reading or looking at and then leave a link to your post or mention them.

Now that I’ve mentioned mentions, bear in mind that many people never check their notifications or reply when they’re mentioned. Those who do can quickly find themselves short of time to reply to everything. And yes, you might get overlooked or receive a reply much later than expected.

Steemit is social media, and posting and replying should remain fun and not cause any stress.

Are you visible? How active and original are you? Do you pay just as much attention to your titles as to your text, and are your photos worth looking at? Are the hashtags you use relevant and unique? Have you ever checked how many posts pop up when you click on one of your links?

Like it or not: Steemit was never intended as a replacement for work, but as a way to connect with others, something from which you might also benefit in your real life.

Prize:

The best-reasoned comment will receive 20 SP from me. For this to happen, at least 6 people must reply. No AI generated text or AI brainstorming.

_{Prompt: I don't know
19-8-2026}

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📊 Are You Visible?

• Yes, I receive votes
• Yes, I am downvoted
• Yes, at times
• Yes, I am ignored
• No, I don't know how
• No, I don't care
• Other. Please, explain (use the comment section)

Poll — pick one · voting closes Wed, 26 Aug 2026 12:03:05 GMT. Vote on SteemX.

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