@allfabeta, precisely the correct approach to start out with... engagement is what will help build a following in the long run... the whole "begging for votes/follows" might earn you a few cents right now... but those people tend to disappear very quickly when they discover there's no "easy money" here.

Part of our responsibility as Steemit citizens is also to sometimes flag abusive use of the site (as I just did with another comment here).