**There were 5 total criterias used to determine how much boost each caster received:
1) Voting Power: Maintains Voting Power above 95% average
2) Good Author: Average post receives over 2 times more in organic rewards than from Shadow Rewards
3) Powering Up: Increasing Steem Power over time (Powering Up)
4) Booster: Gives more rewards than receives from ShadowBot
5) Dolphin: Has over 5,000 Steem Power currently**
I know the rules and I read the post. I know my shadow rank is low which is 1. I am trying to write original content. If I have a steem, power up to steem power. I am new at shadowbot. My first 5 days in the system. And in the first 4 days I have upvoted 41 times. After that I have nothing. So that I asked, if there is a problem on system. Maybe under maintance. Are you understand me?
hi @sefalist, there is something on sundays like a minnow day where only the low rank people are voted to make sure everyone can get something, but on other days your post will be much farther down the queue meaning a higher delay on votes as the FVL voters are busy voting on higher rank posters that have been around much longer than you, or are bringing hundreds of times your steem power to contribute. Having only a few SP, and a new account at rank of 1, it means you are about as close to the bottom as you will ever be, but the good news there is the only way to go is up. Your rank will increase over time, so just be patient, and power up whenever you have the chance.
Thanks for answer @alphacore . I'm trying to power up as much as I can. I was just trying to understand the system, but I think I'm misunderstood. I'm trying to write original content, I do power up once a week, I use upvote boots, I do upvote with high quality and I think it will bring a lot of revenue, I never withdraw steem dollar and do not think about pulling. Is there anything else you can recommend?
This is all good, the only thing missing is time! Best advise I can give is to not worry about what your rank is in shadowbot, and to just leave it in the background and focus on your normal steemit growth, then before you know it you will have a much higher rank in queue and it is a lot better than if you watch it for change over time. Patience will pay off in the end because rank increases are calculated only one time per week right now, so waiting around watching for it to change or giving it too much thought looking for immediate impact can drive you crazy :)
Thanks . I will do and wait time passing :-)