I clearly need to learn more about how Steem and delegations and vesting shares work. I checked SteemItBoard.com first for the @sm-voter account, expecting to find a "whale" image there in the centre, but it is still only a "minnow" icon. Then I had a look at Steemd.com expecting to see a huge amount of Vote Weight for the @sm-voter account, but it was still showing as only 15SP, less than one would get if the account had've been created by SteemIt.com with their automatic delegation. Then I took a look down the left column in Steemd and compared it to my own, and I can't see anything outstanding in there that would indicate that this account is a whale, except maybe that the bandwidth is a heck of a lot higher than mine. Can someone please help me to understand this? Sorry, I'm still relatively new on the Steem blockchain, and I really would like to understand more of what is going on. Thanks.
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From what I understand @sm-voter is the bot @trisquelwhare. The mechanics needed to automate the voting.
The votes themselves will actually come from the @steemmonsters account. 😊
Ah, and the penny drops! Thank you @gillianpearce, that makes much more sense to me now. Of course! There's the whale, the @steemmonsters account shows as an "orca" icon in SteemItBoard, and that Voting Weight of 200,714 SP in Steemd for @steemmonsters is unmistakable too. Gosh, I can be so dense sometimes, haha. Thanks again for helping me to understand.
Well it's very nice to be able to help out for a change @trisquelwhare. It's usually me asking the questions, as least as far as Steem Monsteris concerned.
It takes a while to get your head around all the voting, curation and delegation stuff. At least it did me. 😁