Votes are like Oxygen to the #Steemit Community
Spreading the love to 29 friends per day on #Steemit
A while ago I made the conscious decision to reduce my self-voting down to under 25% in an attempt to spread the love on #Steemit.
Over the last few weeks I have improved on that by bringing it down to under 20% and boy does it make me feel good.
Oxygen to the #Steemit Community
It should come as not great surprise to regular readers of my Blog and to those that know me very well, #Steemit is a long term Project for me.
From the outset of joining in August 2016, I have said all along that #Steemit is a Project that I intend to spend at least a minimum of at least 5-7 years on.
After 18 months of blogging to #Steemit, I have decided it will now be over 10 years..!!
For me, #Steemit is more than a Blogging Site or Ecosystem, it has become part of my journey in life and for this I am eternally grateful to have met some amazing and talented individuals on this journey.
Scalability of the #Steemit Platform
One thing I am a strong believer in is the potential scalability of the #Steemit Platform, but for me there has to be a recognition of the importance of the Voting Distribution.
I guess the best way to put it is that Votes are like oxygen to the #Steemit Community..!!
Without the correct Voting Distribution my biggest fear is that it has the potential to starve the exponential growth of the Community.
My simple 40:15:15:15:15 voting plan
Over the last few weeks I have adopted a simple 40:15:15:15:15 voting plan which simply means I give myself a 40% self-vote and distribute the remaining 60% across 4 other Bloggers.
It is this distribution of votes that I strongly encourage other high vested account holders to consider adopting.
Voting pattern picked up by Matt @Starkerz
This voting pattern I have adopted was recently picked up by Matt @Starkerz who asked if I could share with him the reasoning behind what I was doing so that he could share it with the Community.
For the ones who may have missed the short video Matt posted, here is another chance to see the call.
Shout Out to SteemReports.com http://steemreports.com
A Massive #Steemit Shout Out to SteemReports.com for supplying the stats.
http://steemreports.com/outgoing-votes-info/?account=stephenkendal&days=14
Once again, thanks for supporting, reading and watching my Blog.
Stephen
There is no doubt that #steemit is a blogging platform which has been change our lives. This is the main reason of our stay out here. I love to spend my more and more time here to contribute with this community.
I also invested money to power up my profile because I trust this platform. There are many people who are supporting and contributing with each other who motivate us to stay out of here for longgggg time even more than 20 years.
Use of correct voting power is the backbone of steemit and best for your own blog as well. Thank you so much for making and sharing this post with us. Godspeed :)
It is more than true that Voting on steemit is as important as oxygen for the human beings. Being your regular reader i know that you are always at encouraging end to upvote or resteem different posts. This pattern of voting by @Starkerz i quite interesting and valuable in terms of more trafficking.
We all love the great Project #promo-steem and we acknowledge your selfless services for the betterment of this platform. I am sure you will spend more than 10 years of your life to make Steemit a perfect platform for the writers and for the readers as well, Massive respect for you Stephen :)
Steem On!
I agreed that voting acts like an #Oxygen and we all know we can't live without Oxygen so how can we stay here without getting Oxygen? You are the one who providing votes and valuable information and then you did your part by giving us a nice upvote on our good comments. This is also one of the reasons I become your fan from the bottom of my heart.
I love the way you making posts and sharing your amazing experiences interviews with us with full of information.
Self voting should be minimum for all whales even minnows and giving votes to others is what we all have to do to make everyone stronger over here. I love this platform because it gives me Oxygen to live better.
Spread the word with steemians is really an exciting experience for all of us and what if we get back some revenue against our words is the great feeling.
Thank you sir for giving upvotes ❤️
Xoxo
Stunning, your post is decent. As I would like to think Steemit is a unimaginable stage, it enables you to talk and uncover the things that you think or accept to other individuals and the best thing of all is that they pay you for that, regardless of whether it is a ton or a little it is an incredible system. Obviously you need to commit time! like everything throughout everyday life, no accomplishment is gotten overnight, significantly less easily. Good post a debt of gratitude is in order for sharing
Yes after seeing video people should be encouraged and think about change, people are attracted to your blog cause you are one of the few people here who gives importance to others by supporting and upvoting them which is quite rare now, people with power unlike you prioritize upvoting themselves with a 100% like you mentioned in the video. For a steemit to be a community and a family where people help each other and support each other which was the goal i think when the steemit was established power needs to have responsibility. You are doing a great job in providing oxygen to the people. Thanks and keep up the good work.
Wow!! that's soo amazing your are a great leader, spreading the love to 29 friends per day on STEEMIT, that's excellent your love is much apperciatable. You are support the Steemit Community, this is really gratefull, you are very kind persOn @stephenkadle. #steemit is a very interesting platform and you are made it mor interesting by share many new thing's with us, we are very thankful to you and your team..
Your kindness an your love being this community is a very high level. you are a great man Sir @stephen and Sir @stakerz I apperciate you support and your effort, You are spreading more love in a one day many friends its a big honor for all of us :) You are a very hard working person. YOU ARE a Oxygen of this Steemit Community and absolutely also upvotes ;)
thats great to see your post again about spreading love on steemit with your upvotes and i also agree with you that the votes are like oxygen to the steemit comunity and its really good that you start this spreding love and to motivate and ecourage all steemians with your upvotes and you always appriciate your followers and also those who post with @promo-steem tag and its really good to see many posts in promo-steem tag which you resteem and upvotes and we see when you resteem posts in promo-steem tag
@stephen really i dont see any person in steemit who work like you and doing a great and greatest job like you i think in steemit success a big hand whihc always ready to help and encourage to all steeians of you
WOOW you are really my great hero in steemit and i really dont have any example in steemit who help and motivate others with upvotes maybe i missed your last post about this spreading love but now i am seeing and really happy that you only have 40% upvotes for you and 60% for others and really you are right that the upvotes are like oxygen for steemians
i always find you a best man to do efforts for promoting steem your all team members are great but you are more active and much greaty man than all others i see a post in promo-steem tag , a man was saiying about steem tshirt that you give these shirts and caps and other things from your own pockets and now to see this post i really appriciate you @stephekendal sir
Hello @stephenkendal, the real brand ambassador of Steemit your hard working and passion for the promotion of this platform is much more appreciable. Your different project always for this community. Your another way of promoting as really as spreading love to others by resteeming and upvoting their Steem promo related posts. I also appreciate to @starkerz for his valuable views. Thanks Sir my Support with you. as always love to visit your post.
Excellent! You love is more appericiatable, you are spreading the love for this cummunity and your followers friends. Its a very honorable for all of us, you are great Hero of this cummunity you are providing the Oxygen its a great and you are support you fans and me , I also want to increased Steem Power and you Upvotes its really helpful for me to increas the steem power.
You are promot this cummunity by @promo-steem and many new user for this plateform its great. You are a very beautiful and hardworking person 😊 Always promot like this. ALL THE BEST! Love yaaaa Sir @stephenkendle
I always follow the @starkerz promo-steem is very important in the promo-steem and @stephenkendal also have a very important role in the promo-steem success for you all
a very noble job, with promo-steem is really helping everyone to join in steemit, @starkerz and @stephenkendal couple that is perfect for promo-steem and success for you both greetings from us in Indonesia
You work really hard. I started following you about a month ago and I see so many resteems and the promotion you are doing. Amazing work. Cudos to you!
Great @stephenkendal
Really you are an inspiring person
Yes Steemit is a long-term project
I entered the steemit only the last two months I knew
By my friend in the study
And explain to me how to register
And publishing articles
I liked Steamet a lot
And I met new people
From around the world
Really Steam is not just a site for currency gain
Hawa Makam for sharing and sharing experiences
And spreading love and knowledge
That's a good idea, it then generates more money as others will increase their voting power, when i had my sliding bar I upvoted others at 50%, But after a little down power to fund a future project I have now lost that and every one i upvote gets 100%.
cheers for sharing :)
Great post..Loved the amazing information it really great and yes vote is like a oxygen to all steemers because we cannot survive without oxygen and we cannot be powerful or and get or earn money so they are very important for all of us..As you are the peolpe who always vote me and give me support.Thank you so much..Great to see the news..@stephenkendal
You both are doing great job by sharing love to every steemian by valuable votes..Steemit is the place where people get love that never have expected...The idea of @starkerz is great sharing the love which helps the steemian to grow and get opportunity to flourish themselves easily...
@Stephenkendal you always have been and inspiration for all of us as yiu you are sgaring yiur love to us since beginning and I am getting your love through vote when ever I comment on your post...This is why I love all of your post...
This is amazing way to support us..
Great that was quite a journey, I can feel your passion for this platform, Over 10years from now some of us we shall still be with you here.Am taking this seriously too.
The self votes have quite reduced too. I have reduced mine to 6.1% feeling good about it already. Good i can get some support from you guys.
That was awesome anyway.
you are 100% true @stephenkendal the vote has become oxygen for the steemit community it's we can't survive without it ... steemit is the community where all spread the love and support which is just so amazing and extra ordinary, which make more impressive and famous
i had seen they @starkerz post of yesterday and it's so true ... keep promoting steemit and supporting each other.. and spread love and vote ☺
Exactly sir!!! Upvotes are like oxygen for the steemit community...... and you are providing the oxygen here ..... So nice of you sir, you are adorable and an inspiration for all steemians
Thanks for being with us and for supporting us @stephen
You are really a great man sir with agreat heart you think about others and the benifits of steemit .I have been one of your followrs for a month and I always found your post useful thank you so much sir. Please feel free to check out some of my recent posts. Resteem and follow me to support me thank you very much again.
That’s really great of you guys..always supporting steemit family and spreading love to the others steemit user..I really respect your thought.because we are steemit family and we need to stick together and help each other,if support everybody then we can grow together..
Always glad to see your post @stephendal sir..
Yes voting is oxygen for steemit community,You choose a very appropriate word oxygen...No doubt steemit is a great social media platform and it has alot of potential of steemians !!
i do believe on the great concept of spreading love by vote and it's really an amazing platform who support all the users it's has become the great social media where members care another member and vote them... it's a community where vote had become as oxygen and everyone is getting it freely so keep on going jeep steem on and support each other also promote the steemit it's the great community @stephenkendal and great post @starkerz
This is amazing work of of providing love to each and every one...Indeed @stephenkendal vote has become my oxgen and this is why I am alive in steemit through the oxygen I am breathing of steemit..
@Starkerz has created good intiative too which earlier I had liked and voted his post.
Thank @steempromo and @stephenkendal
Keep on sharing love to us and keep us all alive in steemit...
Love from all the leaders and experts and very kind and valuable...@steem-ambassador
wow amazing, i'm posting this
Wow amazing
There is no any doubt on steemit is the only community which spread love by voting each other and ...for the current situation we come so far on it the vote has become oxygen which is very important to us we are getting it from all the steemains and the developers..
The @starkerz has sais so true about we spread lobe throw vote and it's the long lasting process is goingoing on consistently so keep spreading love to each other and support for the success of whole community @stephenkendal
Steemit is the great platform made for the society and community which helping people of all level to improve their living standard...
We all are very fortunate to be surrounded by kind hearted people like @stephenkendal and @starkerz are appreciated..They are sharing love in each post and comment and making us alive through their vote of oxygen.
It is very hard to survive with out oxygen for human same as it is hard to live in steemit without upvote but the genenourisity of @promosteem and steem-ambassador...
The journey of my steemit would have not be possible without the love I am getting from all the our dear lovable leaders and experts.
We will live with steemit and its my drugs!!!
Great post @stephenkendal! a few weeks ago you were talking about this plan of spreading the votes. Since that time I have taken on the idea and spread more votes around. One thing that I unfortunately experienced within this period was a lack of activity or reciprocal votes within the broader community. My thoughts on this "slow" period, are that it seems like with the overall cyrptos price pull back the community also contracted in terms of "active participation" Is it just myself or was this noticed by others? upvoted, resteemed, and most importantly commented!
Wow what an brilliant post..Really great video and yes vote are like oxygen because we cannot survive in world without oxygen and cannot gain reputation without vote..That is an great and we should share love by giving vote..Glad to see it..@stephenkendal
@stephenkendal I am utterly amazed as to how one man can achieve so much, and I thought I was trying ,I have gone through your handle and I am impressed and motivated.
I am. Promoter of steemit, but I noticed with dismay that some steemians no longer read posts.
Unlike some, my approach have been holistic,in community development,before I joined steemit I have helped various communities, put of school kids etc.when I was introduced to steemit I felt I could empower the youths both in the rural and urban areas, which I have Bern doing.yes!! A milestone have been achieved but more needs to be done, as I intend to cover a six local governments within the first quarter,though the finance is not insight.
Please find time to peruse through my posts, you'd recommendation and surpport Will be highly appreciated, as you are a role model .Manny thanks!!!! In anticipation, please find below a sample of one of my charity innitiative.
https://steemit.com/promo-steem/@olusegun3386/lr6tvjrf
very precisely we say oxygen. communities all need a lot of oxygen to live. many communities are steemit ecosystems in Aceh, so it takes a lot of oxygen. hahaaa
saya sangat menyukainya, semoga semua orang mendapatkan dukungan dari anda😀
wow great post. good job.
We are on a mission champ, our success it's in our hands, we have the tools, we have the will, Lets Go Champ!
@stephenkendal
Give me oxygen plzz
well good to hear you point of view about upvotes and your are 100% right and i am fully agreed with you @stephenkendal and i am seeing results of your work to promote steemit that now flood of new accounts and active users in steemit and also the alexa report Steemit In Top 1,000 Site and now we are more excited to stick on steemit and i have strong believe on steem and steemit to get our bright furture and hope with our continued support, we want now to break into the top 500 by the end of the year
growth does not seem to show signs of slowing down. week after week we clearly see exponential growth with an average of 25-45K new accounts created. It will be interesting to see where the next few months take us
I'm new at steemit. I vote for everyone. I know that my vote does not come very well. I'm new to you so please see me
see promo-steem @starkerz I always get excited with great information
Thank you for using your votes among others! I try to do the same with my upvotes, even though mine are only worth a couple cents. I like to try to find fellow plankton to support. Sometimes a couple cents can be encouraging enough to make people keep going on Steemit!
Receiving votes as a lowly plankton certainly encourages more sharing and participation. Your voting system sounds like a good way to spread the love.
One thing I've noticed that I'll point out - and it has more to do with minnows than dolphins/whales - there seems to be a lot of minnows who join curation trails, and vote with under 5% of their voting power. While it's awesome to see a bunch of upvotes coming in for a post, it really doesn't add anything to the post payout. Not only is that perhaps disappointing for the content creator, but that also means that the voter receives next to nothing from the curation, right? So I wonder if that practice is a bit self-defeating. Any thoughts on best-practices for minnows?
Agree that Upvotes are the oxygen of this platform. But there is a limitation with upvotes. Not everybody will be active on the platform on a daily basis. So I feel that whales should balance their SP between manual voting, rules based voting and delegation.
One suggestion I have is that every whale should delegate some part of SP to couple of followers of their who are actively engaging on their articles. It could be for a week or two weeks. This will give them a sense of what it would feel like to have higher SP and how they can use it to positively impact themselves and the community. If more whales start doing this I think we will have more meaningful engagements on Steemit and more minnows will start believing in the long term prospects of Steem and set their goals for the long term instead of getting restless in the short term.
I am planning on writing a bot which can help the authors to delegate their steam to their active followers easily through a comment. Will update once it is in a usable condition.
Yes sir totally agreed to you indeed it is like oxygen only,on the other hand voting gives more confidence and ability to work harder,let's us to be more creative with our comments and the engagement with the platform also goes high with it.i also take this opportunity to thank you for always promoting this platform in every way possible that makes many users to join in the platform.its the damn hardwork and selfless efforts of yours making this platform bigger and better.
Upvote and resteem have done this great post
Thanks for your valuable and informative post.We can gather a lot of information by your post.Yoy are the real hero of steemit platform and preading love on steemit with your upvotes and i also agree with you that the votes are like oxygen to the steemit comunity and its really good that you start this spreding love By dint of we can increase our skill that is beneficial for all steemians.I will always visit your site & wait for your upcoming post. @stephenkendal
Upvote and resteem
Nice post keep it up sir.I really respect your thought.because we are steemit family and we need to stick together and help each other,if support everybody then we can grow together.
Thanks for sharing
I agreed that voting acts like an #Oxygen and we all know we can't live without Oxygen so how can we stay here without getting Oxygen? You are the one who providing votes and valuable information and then you did your part by giving us a nice upvote on our good comments. This is also one of the reasons I become your fan from the bottom of my heart.
I love the way you making posts and sharing your amazing experiences interviews with us with full of information. Love you sir @stephenkendal you are the best especially in promoting the steem community, you helped this community a lot, it needs people like you, you rock here sir