AFTER TODAY (HARD-FORK 19): Your votes will now use up your voting power much more quickly - Here's how to check your vote power status & your reputation status.

in #steemit7 years ago (edited)

As you may be aware already, votes on Steemit now count for much more than they did previously - meaning that every time you vote, you will be gifting the recipient much more than previously was the case. These are exciting times then, but there's a limit to the fun.. You only have so much voting power and every time you vote, you decrease the voting power. Here I will show you how to manage the situation as you prefer.

Vote Power

vote power

This was described by the creators of Steemit as being able to be visualised as a swimming pool that is constantly being rained on. The water is your vote power and as you take buckets of water from the pool, the power/water decreases - however, it is constantly being replenished by the rain (or in the case of votes by the steem system itself as it gives you more vote power at a slow rate throughout the day).

pool

Now that your votes will each use up significantly more vote power than they did previously, you need to be more careful about what you vote on, otherwise you run the risk of running out of vote power.

The solution

The best way I know of to keep track of this is to visit the website http://steem.cool and then enter in your username. There you will be able to see your current vote power and also your current reputation level in a more precise way than usual. This way you can quickly check to see how much vote power you have left at any time.

Voting on steemit is now a much more powerful way of supporting the content creators you love and who help the world - let's do this!

Follow, Upvote, Resteem - @ura-soul

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You can also check SteemDB, more details..

great, ok - yes - more details indeed :)

Do we need to make account on this? Thanks. Edit. I found. Thank you.

Cool:D Thanks a lot!

I feel happy when upvoting a post & see some $ added to it instantly ☺ I am happy today

yes, the natural abundance of life on earth starts to return in an unexpected way! :)

Hey, i love your post. Thank you for providing this insightful message .It is really helpful and please keep on posting more of this messages to help newbies like myself gain more understanding about the steemit platform so we can all contribute to the growth👌👌

Thanks for sharing your appreciation, you are welcome!

I notice that sometimes when I upvote a person the value goes up and sometimes it doesn't . This must be why. lol I was not aware that upvotes did anything like this. lol Do you know where one can go to read about steemit and how it works?

Check the Quickstart Guide and the FAQ on the right menu.

And be aware that steemit is just one frontend for steem. I wrote about that here There are other ways to interact with the steem network ;)

Very helpfull. I keep getting distracted by the notifications. LOL I'll just have to grow up and focus. lol Thanks so much for your help.

there are a few gotchas like that, yes - I think the main FAQ is pretty good - available in the main sidebar menu.

Thank you for the tip!

that is very helpful post, i just checked mine very intersting.
thanks @ura-soul

you are welcome!

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