What is Make-A-Whale?

@make-a-whale is a community project to create a whale that always supports its feeders. You support it and it supports you. It upvotes each member once in a 22 hour period. @make-a-whale will post each day, that post needs to be upvoted by each member. There is also a bonus 100% rotational upvote.

DAY	370
Members	82
Steem Power	2473
Delegated	13 665
Voting Power	82%
Upvote Weight	11%
Current Upvote Worth	$0.09

News and Updates

MAW 2.0

Ladies and gents, welcome to the new and improved MAW. MAW has been around for more than a year now and it has worked pretty well for most of the members. The only flaw that MAW had was that it could not allow many new members to join. So with this update we will be tweaking settings and rules in order to let new members join.

All the old members do not have to delegate according to the new rules (the joining delegation). The voting weights will be slightly lower in order to allow more VP for new members.

New members can join by delegating a minimum of 150 SP and taking part in the daily upvote on @make-a-whale's posts. (50 000 / your SP = upvote weight)

Old rules for joining still apply: the minimum amount of SP required (500) and a Steemit Reputation of at least 50. In the case where you do not have the minimum amount of SP to upvote or delegate then we can look at paying a direct steem fee. (This is not advised since it is only profitable if you post daily)

Upvote Brackets

The way the upgrades work will now also change to accommodate the new members. The upvote weights and values will decrease, but so will the fees. For example, each upvote bracket will equal 150SP. Then to double up on your upvote weight you can delegate 300 SP, triple will be 450SP and so on. I also decided that those who want to delegate to get larger upvotes will also get a slight bonus percentage.

Current Weights

Delegated SP	Upvote Weight	Bonus multiplier	Final upvote %
150 SP	Basic upvote		11%
300SP	2 X Basic upvote	1.1	24.2%
450SP	3 X Basic upvote	1.125	37.1%
600SP	4 X Basic upvote	1.15	50.6 %
750SP	5 X Basic upvote	1.175	64.6%
900SP	6 X Basic upvote	1.2	79.2%
1050SP	7 X Basic upvote	1.225	94.3%

Made some slight adjustments. The voting weights are quite lower but I need to see what the VP will do at current rates. Please bear with me while I test and finetune the new system a bit. =)

Weights can change weekly depending on member activity and post count. Paying Steem for the higher upvote will still be done monthly, the fee will be worked out according to lease rates and will be updated one week before the end of each month.

No wasted VP

Now that we are updating the upvote weights weekly, we will keep track of how many members post and how many outgoing upvotes. With the data I will make room for a little more Voting Power regeneration and slightly lower upvote weights. With the extra VP we will start selling some upvotes via Smartsteem. 90% of the SBD/STEEM generated from the vote selling will then be used to lease more SP for MAW, the other 10% will be powered up. So even though the upvote weights are a little lower, the upvote value will increase over time.

This is indeed all experimental and might change if something does not work. I will always have our members in mind and want the project to be worth it for everyone. =)

Let me know what you think! =)

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How to join?

Requirements:

• You must post only original content,
• your account must be 50+ reputation,
• your account must have 500+ available Steem Power,
• you must upvote @make-a-whale post (with the minimum upvote weight)
• Delegate a minimum of 150SP

Feel free to leave a comment here or message @scrooger on Discord for any questions.

Upvoting Rules

The @make-a-whale project requires constant feed from his followers. That way he can return the favor and feed his followers. This can be done manually or using Steemauto to simplify and automate the process. That way you never have to worry about missing votes.

You can pick how you upvote MAW:

1. Steemauto (recommended).
   Guide on how to set up your Steemauto account.

2. Manual upvoting - if you do not like using Steemauto you can manual vote.

We have worked out a scale that will make sure @make-a-whale always upvotes you with a bigger upvote than the one you used to upvote the daily post, if you post on average once a day. Thus, the fair scale ensure you always win!

There are some members who support the project with larger upvotes and this is greatly appreciated! The more we grow the more members we can recruit and give better upvotes. Thank you for the extra support!

Minimum upvote required

All members are required to upvote @make-a-whale once a day with a minimum of 500 SP.
If you have more SP and you would like to change the upvote weight, please use this formula to calculate the % of your vote:

50000/ (Your SP) = Voting Weight towards @make-a-whale posts.

Example:

Member A. has 1200 SP on his account,
50000 / 1200 = 42% - this is the minimum upvote required.

Delegation and Steem subscription options:

All members that upvote @make-a-whale daily post with the minimum required will receive back one upvote from the basic level.

If you would like to get a little more, there are two ways to reach bigger upvotes:

• By donating Steem - at the end of the month MAW will collect Steem towards the new SP leases. Transfer chosen amount to @make-a-whale and you will get bigger upvotes for the whole next month.
• By delegating Steem Power to @make-a-whale - you will receive bigger upvotes for as long as you keep your delegation active.

Daily resteem and 100% upvote

Since we are a small group of awesome content creators there be a daily resteem. We will follow the same list as the Roundabout High Five upvote and resteem in that order. Share some love and some upvotes for your fellow MAW members! Check out their post, comment and upvote if you like it!

Tomorrow's Roundabout Whale High Five 100% Upvote and resteem goes to:

@digitalis

Wondering when it's your turn? Here's the list.

Members	Roundabout 100% upvote	Notes
@gingerninja	YES X5	✔
@oleg326756	YES X6	✔
@scrooger	YES X6	✔
@cryptastic	YES X4	✔
@xervantes	YES X5	✔
@gregory-f	YES X5	✔
@ragepeanut	YES X5	✔
@happymoneyman	YES X6	✔
@alphacore	YES X5	✔
@twistychips	YES X4	✔
@djynn	YES X6	✔
@colinbrazendale	YES X5	✔
@costopher	YES X4	✔
@steemiteducation	YES X6	✔
@giantbear	YES X6	✔
@theregularguy	YES X5	✔
@abh12345	YES X6	✔
@maarnio	YES X6	✔
@sumatranate	YES X6	✔
@hopehuggs	YES X6	Paused - Upvotes below minimum
@pearica	YES X5	✔
@waphilip	YES X3	✔
@em3	YES X5	✔
@brumest	YES X6	✔
@ewkaw	YES X6	✔
@tattoodjay	YES X6	✔
@phelimint	YES X6	✔
@cheeto.blue	YES X2	✔
@bdmomuae	YES X6	✔
@ogochukwu	YES X5	✔
@theleapingkoala	YES X4	✔
@bigpanda	YES X4	✔
@arunava	YES X5	✔
@orcheva	YES X6	✔
@sol25	YES X6	✔
@vlemon	YES X5	✔
@glennolua	YES X6	✔
@bluemist	YES X5	✔
@bearbear613	YES X5	✔
@brimax	YES X6	✔
@onetin84	YES X5	✔
@leyargoz	YES X5	✔
@jedigeiss	YES X5	✔
@costanza	YES X5	✔
@yasu24	YES X4	✔
@goldendawne	YES X4	✔
@nairadaddy	YES X3	✔
@emrebeyler	YES X3	✔
@rye05	YES X4	✔
@reko	YES X4	✔
@svashta	YES X4	✔
@arrliinn	YES X4	✔
@amy-goodrich	YES X4	✔
@healthy-home	YES X3	✔
@mountainwashere	YES X4	✔
@ackhoo	YES X4	✔
@bigbear	YES X4	✔
@methusalem	YES X4	✔
@anise	YES X2	✔
@clumsysilverdad	YES X3	✔
@moderndayhippie	YES X3	✔
@stresskiller	YES X3	✔
@jznsamuel	YES X3	✔
@digitalis	NEXT - YES X2	✔
@azircon	YES X2	✔
@mineopoly	YES X2	✔
@raserrano	YES X1	✔
@yoshiko	YES X2	✔
@kinakomochi	YES X2	✔
@djlethalskillz	YES X1	✔
@blacklux	YES X1	✔
@martinphoto	YES X1	✔
@yasu	YES X1	✔
@monochromes	YES X1	✔
@jlordc	YES X1	✔
@pipiczech	YES X1	✔
@knackart	YES X1	✔
@holger80	YES X1	✔
@zararina	YES X1	✔
@gillianpearce	YES X1	✔
@mariannewest		✔
@paulag		✔