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You know, I think I appreciate much more subtle invitations to follow than that, however I checked your stream again and found that it could be interesting to follow you :-)

BTW: do you think you could give me a hint as to why your comment has received so many votes? It seems a bit strange that a comment to a #introduceyourself post should get more votes than the post itself. I mean, the comment is nice, I voted myself, but still...

I received more votes because users thought I wrote you an appropriate content. The more valuable the content is, the more people vote. The vote also depends on Steem Power of each.
If you dont want to follow me, dont follow.
I was hurried and wrote directly. It's true it sounded like a command and I apologize.

Thanks, I still don't quite get it though (the voting).