Hello @onetree, I know this is a very old post but I'm still trying to figure out the significance of the 'slider'.
As someone with a SP of just under 90 I don't have access to it yet. Just to be clear, when the slider is set to 20% and you upvote, does that use 20% of your full voting power? I have read some other articles about this but none have been very clear about this point.
I see that you are saying you use the slider but I thought it was only available after 500 SP. I guess things used to be different when you wrote this article?
Nevertheless, it looks like your yield buys you more than a coffee a week now!
Hi there, I powered down so I lost my slider! :( You do need 500SP for the slider. You have 10 full power votes. Say one vote is worth 10c, if you vote 20% power, your vote will be 2c. So the 20% is a percentage of ONE of your full power votes. I hope that helps. And yes, I got a LOT more than coffee now. Steemit has really helped me.