After writing this, I have come to discover that everything on hive comes with an upside and some with a downside.
Being a constant voter might be rewarding but the consequence is that your vote weight is constantly declining if you're not taking the time to let it recover it's easier said than done.
For example, when you're an under-curator, you miss out on validating your affirmation that a post or an author is deserved of curation and when you're an ouver-curator, your vote weight suffers because you curate faster than your voting recovers and you cannot give authors the full depth of your vote weight.
This is always the problem with voting, curators often manage to stick to a healthy percentage, because going under would be dangerous.
On hive the difference between being an over-curator or an under-curator is your presence or absence on the chain,
....sometimes it's just the love of being a curator, or just the joy that comes with curation rewards. When my activities drop may be due to an illness, it affects almost everything, and most times, a lot of people would notice this.
Those periods are healthy because they help boost my voting power by over 90% and keep me refreshed for when I'm back to my usual activities.
It's like keeping a phone switched on forever and never get to switch it off. When you do, it increases functionalities and this is also applicable to hive as well.
Hive is "win-win"
It's built to be win-win because there has to be a balance of incentive with the person who's giving and the one who is taking, this probably creates the need for the giver to keep giving, and the taker to offer something different, or even go ahead to become a giver in the process.
I guess this is the main reason why curators were given 50% of the cut, because most times, we underestimate the deservedness of the giver.
There has to be a cycle of effectiveness that makes everything clicks and all the components seem to function well. When it comes to curation, I value the input of an author in form of networking more than their content.
This is mostly because I think hive isn't about content alone.
How so?
Social impact and promotion, availability, stability, and intentions often matter a lot. So sometimes, I try to play my role as well as I can.
While a few others will fight over things that do not matter, it's important to understand that, there are people who believe in growing the chain more than subduing the userbase who are already there, by bickering disagreement.
There are ways to see value beyond content. For example, I spotted a user who is always on every thread I open on Twitter, talking about hive, so I followed his account and started supporting him.
It wasn't the content, it was the intent. It signals that we mostly should let go of the content value and focus on inputs that are unique and valuable, but not to meander too much.
I also try as much as possible to curate the post of almost everyone who engages on my post, even if I don't follow them, based on how I deem them fit.
Something exciting I picked up is to curate introductory posts shared by the users I follow, sometimes I leave comments on these intro posts just to encourage the creator, but sometimes, I notice that these users don't build follow-up conversations with comments on their posts, that's not always an issue, because I know it's mostly how it is on Facebook and Instagram.
What I'm trying to say is that people become over-curators by not setting a limit
In an actual sense, one might set a limit but mess it up in the end.
There are no real solutions to limit over-curation unless something unplanned happens, takes you off the chain, and relapses your activities on the chain.
These are possible scenarios, but we cannot prevent over-curation unless we want to noticeably reduce the way we curate, bring down the numbers, and all that.
This is because over time, curation becomes a habitual thing, and one is wired to curate in a particular manner. But change is good sometimes, except that the voting weight is constantly depending on the level of increase to your voting power and there are more people to curate each day than there was the previous day.
I mentioned this earlier.
As the days, months, and years go by. You'll follow more people, and meet more exciting people and this will reflect on your voting power. You'll add more people to your auto and this would mean more pressure or relapse and the continuous adjustment of your voting behavior.
The Influx Of New Demand
I sometimes feel that the influx of more people/users will create the demand for more voting power, this is why I encourage people to at least grow their hive power, keep it in the system and stand better chances of even growing than they did when they were not growing.
This way, there wouldn't be a disparity among the levels of stake owners.
Plus, users flocking through the ranks wouldn't need to be dependent on whales at all times. They can get the regular 2 cents and accumulate them over time, without having to 100% need the whales.
This is the importance of having a staking and growing economy.
Hive is stake-based
.....and people want to keep the value in the system, hence, the reason why the value will go to those who are keeping or are willing to keep the value in the system.
I don't think I'll ever maintain a stable vote weight and percentage, except in the near future if I manage to significantly increase my stake somehow.
It's possible, I'm not selling myself short. But I'll need one good bull market and a receding bear market to see if I'll get there. Thank you. CIAO
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Maybe its Murphys law, always my VP gets low I find those great posts I wished could give more?
But not following trails or auto I mostly manage to stop the day with roundabout 80% vp. And for exceptional good content there still exists the possibility to give out a vote in another way.
!hiqvote
For example
Or using Ecency Points to boost someone elses content is perfect for a low HP.
You're right, eccency points are another way to actually appreciate contents, but I rarely use it. I think I have done that especially when my votes percentage has drastically dropped. You're totally right. We mostly see great posts when our voting percentage has dropped a lot.
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It's hard to strike a balance but I still think it's better to overcurate compared to undercurate. After all, you lose way more rewards for letting that voting power overfill. I just do what I can and I try to make sure that my voting power is good enough for me to show up once or twice a day if I am busy.
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You're right, people lose way more for being under-curators. It's quite important to understand that being so means that more people will end up being curated. I like the fact that you check your voting power. Having it at 100% always is really a "no" for me.b
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Youre a content beast man, and i hope we keep beastin. If only things go well, and we build and build. To be sitting on a gold mine for our hard work. Well, i have to get back in routine, but trying to use my votes for sure. Good words brotha, keep at it.
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Thanks man for the amazing words. When it comes to contents, I try as much as possible to do my best, I'm sure thing will absolutely go well as planned with crypto and hive. I know you've been using your votes really well, and I'm so happy despite your busy schedules. Thanks for everything you do.
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I do believe you will get there with your high level of consistency.
I have been trying to boost my voting weight too and would surely set one of my posts to 100% Hp.
I am also on the lookout for any form of introductory post and drop comments after voting. It is my way of welcoming people on board.
Thank you
You are welcome
It's even consistency that's making me lose out. I don't really know how to create a balance while still casting the number of votes and the weight I used to.
But yeah, I'm glad to know you'll be on the lookout for more introductory posts.
How about you time yourself? Like, give an hour or two to this and that. Maybe it might help.
So am I.
I had to read the first part to get all the information at once. Being a curator requires a lot of calculation I must say. You have to curate and still find a way to maintain balance.
One thing I've noticed about some curators is that, on days when they have exceeded their set limit and they still come across posts that they'd like to upvote, they use other means like tipu curate, dbuzz rewards, or ecency points. It helps with maintaining their balance.
This is absolutely true, but it's not all curator that has access to all of these, I only have tipu because I qualified for it over two years ago. Thanks for reading the first post. It's never easy to actually find a balance when it comes to curation, plus I do believe that everyone with HP, starting with 555 HP is a potential curator.
Okay, so tipu curate is earned..I didn't know that. I thought it was some kind of bonus given to people with high reputation. Do you mind if I ask how a person can qualify for it?
I'm well on my way to becoming a potential curator.
The qualification happened over two years ago. So people who were selected back now are the curators. So the qualification is no more a thing.
Okey dokey.
Thanks for the elaboration. I do appreciate ✨
Thanks for the information.
I have learnt alot from this.
But from my own opinion, good content also matters, if this content written on your post was not good, i wouldn't bother reading it and commenting.
Let's learn to appreciate people with well refined contents.
Great content is like 40% of the whole thing, you need even more than that. Curators here are not completely focused on quality, there are things like intent, networking and ability to even sell one's content beyond hive.
If people aren't not willing to push themselves, other than to just create, then they can only go so far.
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Please, i will need some tips from you on how to publish good contents and grow my hive account(Reputation and Hive power).
Hey friend, I love to read your contents because you write realistic things.
I have citation trail I joined to support people because these days I am barely here. Just like you said, my voting power keeps going down. I have decided to curate manually henceforth.
By the way, how do you make your writeup spacious? Is there a markdown you use? It is so neat
Secondly, how do one increase their rank?
Well, a curation trail as well as auto votes are ways to actually stay active with curation here.
Most of the markdowns I use are
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reduce it for bigger texts
That's generally the three
dominant markdown that I've used in this post.
I don't know how you mean..
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Thank you so much. I will practice them.
By rank I mean level... Like I can see your rank is 81.
Shoot for the moon while aiming for the stars. I think you will get there eventually!
This post is even more understandable than the previous ones. More clicks in my head. My aim will be to be increased stake and tip more towards over-curation. Great post :)
You're welcome. The reason I wrote a follow up post was because I had to create a thorough emphasis on what was in the post of yesterday and I'm glad you found it very useful. Curation is a big aspect of the chain and if you take advantage, it'll help you determine how far you want to build your stake.
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I'm glad you did that. It was indeed very useful. Curation is a great way to speed up one's grow on chain when done in a strategic manner.
Thanks so much. This is an answer to my last question on your last post. Its clear and understandable.
Thanks, I'm glad you get it. This was why I decided to write the second part of that yesterday's post.
Yes sir. You are doing great things
This was really enlightening, I am still getting used to how the whole voting thingy works, reading this made me understand it better
Thanks for sharing😃
Thank you. By the time you get up to 550 HP and get a vote slider, (That's if you haven't) this will make more sense. I'm glad you enjoyed reading
I haven’t though but I look forward to
It gets better after that
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What if you have wanted to stay on the chain for hours and because your weight has declined, is it normal to drop only comments without voting?
Well, just as you have said, it is important to grow one´s stake so you don´t have to keep relying on a big whale to keep coming around every time. It´s not easy but one just have to keep growing because someday, an exponential growth will occur, it is just a matter of time because Hive is a good investment platform.
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I think staying above 65% is crucial... and fortunately, there is an upside to days when you are not as active... your VP regains strength. It's probably better to wait a day if you really overextend yourself.
I'm always inactive due to personal reasons, but I follow some curation trails for the curation. What can you say about it?