As a Reddit veteran, I take my upvotes very seriously. Every upvote matters. When I first joined Steemit, I went about it the same way I have trained myself over the years. I'm scrupulous with my upvoting habits, only upvoting posts that truly intrigued me.
There's much more to Steemit than Reddit though. In this post, we will specifically discuss Curation Rewards. This was bit of a mystery to me. For one, the Steem Whitepaper contains precious little information about the subject, while the information on the website is outdated as there were wide sweeping changes to the algorithm just before the first payouts.
What really helped me dive deep into this subject was @jesta's brilliant SteemStats. Specifically, Vote Inspector, which breaks down the weightage of curations rewards by post. When it first released, I posted about my initial discoveries. I was surprised to find many steemers interested, so over the last 4 days, I have been investigating vote distribution patterns for several posts. I have also held several voting experiments myself, as well as followed those of some steemers with curious voting habits.
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How can I see my voting power?
Thank you for posting this. For the most part voting was clear as mud. I also agree with your comments about the trending page. Since there are tags that you can go by it would be nice to have the views of posts changed see channelized stream of aggregated topics and trends. I think many new users can come into Steemit and find a home. I do think that the immature interface and high learning curve are a detractor for new people coming in.
Nice @admin2017
Shot you an Upvote :)