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Steemit is NOT simple.
Steem is composed of three sub-species.
There's steem, a form of bitmoney like bit coin.
You can do anything you want to with your steem at anytime..
The genetically engineered verion of steem is 'THA POWER'.
Steem power helps to determine your 'throw weight'.
The more POWAAH you have..the more your votes are worth.
It's only an 'inhouse' thang.
Then there is the 'mutant'...kinda like the hulk.
Right now it's 'street value' is
Steem Dollars (SBD)$1.75 (2.56%)
vs
plain vanilla
Steem (STEEM) $0.771086 (-11.31%)
that's the
WHAT.
I have no clue as to the
WHY
normal people such as you and I like
KISS (keep it simple silly)
Geeks are NOT like us
They like
PENIS (Positively Entirely NOT intuitively simple)
it's a thing.

I just learnt that this relates to delegation by a whale or streemian to you!

https://steemit.com/steemit/@liberosist/a-brief-guide-to-delegating-steem-power