Reputation is only really used as a metric to show your past activity. If somebody has got a lot of downvotes their reputation will be low. You start with 25 reputation but I'm sure you have seen people with 10 reputation, this is because they have done something to annoy people. On the other hand if you have a higher reputation people have upvoted you. In short, if you see somebody with a high reputation chances are they make good content and if you see somebody with under 25 they don't or they copy other people's work.
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Thanks again for your kindness in explaining all this to me. There was a post asking if a person could make a living on Steemit. My reason for asking is because my husband had a stroke and I still need to care for him as well as putting food on the table. He lost his mobility so he requires a lot of my time. If you or anyone could give me a scenario how this could be achieved I would certainly appreciate it. I know I'm full of questions but I'm most sincere in asking them. Again, much thanks for taking the time with me.
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Well if you want to make a living on steemit it will require at least one of the following:
-Enough money to power up your steem power.
-Time, patience and consistent well written posts.
-Enough time to make plenty of comments on others work.
I have 5000 steempower. At 100% voting power I upvote at $1.80 currently. This number changes based on the reward pool and the current price of steem. If they fix the reward pool and the price of steem goes back up, my vote will be close to 3 dollars. You can vote 10 times a day at 100% and maintain your voting power in the upper 90%. This means if you are upvoting your own posts you can make 18-30 dollars a day.
Writing posts should be done to the best of your abilities, spend a bit of time spell checking and making sure it's your best. With time you will get followers and they will upvote you. With good content and a following of about 300 you can expect 1-5 dollars per post.
Comments are important, if you respond to a post with a good comment you will get upvotes, I can make anywhere from 2-15 dollars a day on comments.
In short, with a profile my size for example, you should be able to make anywhere from 20-50 dollars a day. Bigger profiles make more than me and smaller make less. Work out where you would want to be based on where I am and that should give you a reasonable basis for assessment.
I hope this helps and I'm really sorry about your husband, I too have had family members effected by a stroke, so I am sympathetic.
Thank you so much, my friend! You have been very helpful in explaining how things work. And how much I can expect depending on the different scenarios.
I've always been a hard worker so I guess my first step is trying someway to get more steem power. This will give me a place to start. I've been looking for answers and you were the first that was willing to explain so much.
Thank you for your understanding about my husband. Our lives were wonderful until the day of the stroke. It seem as though it came out of nowhere. It was our day off and since we love animals we were going to the zoo that day and then spend a leisurely day just enjoying life.
There's so much to tell but basically our world was rocked but he's still alive and I'm praying to learn better coping skills to adapt to our new life.
Thanks for lending a kind ear as well as answering my questions.
May God bless you as you travel down this journey.