So I actually noticed an increase in the value of my paltry rewards from on average $0.35 per post to, on the day of HF19, $1.09 per post. Sadly the values have dropped back down again although I had put that down to the volatile crypto prices? One minute my account is valued at $220.00 and I start planning my retirement and the next its at $197.00
Until it was pointed out to me that every-time you vote you lose power I was being a good human being and upvoting with mad abandonment, these days I'm fairly selective what I upvote.
Clearly I'm lower than whale pooh at the moment, my best post paid $92.13
I think I'd faint if one of outpourings raised $200. :-D
P.S. I know absolutely nothing about crypto currencies by the way.
In your case, at your level of SP and views and followers and such, similar to mine, I would suspect you are especially prone to voting method changes and market prices. When a post gets up in higher values though, minnow vote values matter less and whale votes matter more, and the market can move a few cents without crushing your post so maybe there is a curve on how all these factors affect an individual?
My personal opinion is that these so called Whales are a bit like doing the lottery, the odds are pretty stacked against you. To compensate getting as many Minnows and maybe the odd Dolphin to upvote you stands far more chance of success.
You could of-course sell your integrity and do a post with 38 totally bemusing, poor quality, animated gifs and watch the shaved gibbons upvote it like crazy. :-D
Are you busting my chops for my Steeme posts ;) (steem memes I produce myself and post new 3-10 meme sets of once or twice daily?)
They get upvoted like crazy! LOL
Ahahahaha I didn't realise you churned out vote fodder. Good luck to you.
I churn out... everything. I have meme posts, story posts, opinion posts, fiction posts, research projects... you name it. But I always try to make them witty, engaging and readable. I also believe in giving people what they want and when i saw that a 4 hour research project post on some steemit tool, (one of my biggest $ posts yet, to be fair) wasn't doing much better or in some cases worse than a 5 meme original content new meme post (I call them steeme's, actually) would take less time, make more money AND be more fun to make and have comments exchanges on, well.... I must admit to selling out a little to all that fun.
You might want to read this (Unless you already have?) https://steemit.com/circlejerk/@aggroed/autovorotic-asphyxiation-the-mega-circle-jerk-is-choking-out-itself-through-the-rewards-pool
I loves me some @aggroed posts and chats. Always a pleasure speaking with him, and his post is spot on and ties in here nicely. THANK you for alerting me to it here. Digesting it now.