Hello guys!
Welcome to Steemit!
To all of those newbie here in Steemit, let me share you some quick information and simple education about what is Steemit, what it is all about, and how it works.
What is Steemit
Steemit is a social platform that allows each end user, to shared their ideas thru making an interesting or useful content. The topic might be anything as long as it connotes a good quality content that can please or can give a satisfaction to a readers.
Upvote and Steem Power
The Steemit platform enables each users content to be monetized thru the use of the steem blockchain. Each users can upvote or it is the same as the like button in other social media site, in order to give a certain rewards for a specific post, but the worth of upvote can varies according to each user's Steem Power SP. You can increase your SP by converting your Steem to SP, or you can just use the blocktrades.us to delegate or rent some SP for 90 days. Increasing your SP, means you are adding more value to the steemit community. As a good result, more people will most likely to engage and interact with your activities here in Steemit.
Resteem
It works like a share button in other social media site. Once you resteemed a post, it will going to appear in the newsfeed of your followers and will going to be featured in your blog post too. Make sure to be responsible in using the resteem button, because your follower doesn't want to see too much resteemed post from you, remember that the quality of content is subjective. It might appear just like a spam in your follower's feeds, just resteem only the interesting or useful post only.
Steem Dollars and Steem
Is the coin or cryptocurrency in your account. The Steem can be used to convert into SP or Steem Dollar SBD, while the SBD can be also used to convert to Steem. Those are your available crypto which can be used to cashout thru blocktrades or bittrex. You can check your available SBD and Steem in your account's wallet or https://steemit.com/@yourusername/transfers.
Voting Power VP
Is your account's energy bar for upvoting. Your account's maximum VP is 100% and it is decreased by 2% per upvote. It can reflenished by 20% in 24 hours. You can chech your remaining VP at https://www.steemnow.com/@yourusername
For more questions, you can also read the Steemit's FAQ
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