I Like Big Votes And I Cannot Lie

Today I had a random thought “Man. I wish my vote was bigger so I could really just reward the people who deserve it.”

But, since my voting power is never at 100%, sometimes my 6ish percent upvote is only worth .13 USD.

And so if I vote someone 30 days per week at .13, it comes out to $3.90 USD.

Per month.

But let’s say I only vote worth .05 per post.

So that I can spread it out.

That’s $1.50 per month only that I can give to people that I support every day per month.

So this is why people “chase whale votes, right?”

Because they think that people with small votes don’t matter.

But that’s wrong.

Your small vote matters.

Think about this.

Multiply that $1.50 per month by 100 steemians.

If you can network with only 20 new steemians a month, in 5 months…

…you could potentially be friends with 100 new steemians.

And then, maybe you can get those "really small" upvotes of those 100 steemians.

So 100 x 1.50 = $150 USD/ month.

Ok, is that as much as you would make with whale votes?

No. But that’s not the point.

There are several points, actually.

You guys can grow together. If you keep supporting each other, soon your votes will each be $1. Then imagine the damage you can do.

If you’re from the US, or Australia or Western Europe…no, $150 isn’t much. I mean, gosh, cell phone bills for two people can be almost $100 even with the lowest amount of data you can buy.

But steemit wasn’t just created for westerners.

There are a TON of users in Asia and from Africa and poor countries in Latin America where $150 USD per month would actually REPLACE their monthly salary.

It may even be MORE than their monthly salary.

I have an Indonesian friend here that works at a restaurant 6 days per week and she makes $150 USD.

Something like steemit could literally change her life.

Next point: Votes aren’t all that matter here. You’ve got to admit, we have one AWESOME, supportive, giving community. Sure, there are some rotten eggs every now and then but that’s life. That’s everywhere. Don’t focus on that.

The majority to me seem good.

Your comments matter a LOT to people. Think about how you feel when someone comments on something that you took a lot of time to create.

It makes you smile, doesn’t it?

Makes you feel appreciated.

You can give your re-steems to someone who needs help getting the word out about an important message.

You can tag people to their post.

So you can give a lot more than just your vote.

And people appreciate it, too.

I know I do.

P.S. The #s might be a little off because that's how I roll with #s. But also because I actually pre-wrote this post sometime in October because I knew I'd be too busy to write on steemit for awhile.