Marly!
You've been missing my blogs I can tell :p
I did the 'responsible' analysis of the the people on that list: https://steemit.com/steemit/@abh12345/dear-stellabelle-potential-delegates-report-1
I ran the stats each week for @fulltimegeek's #stewardsofgondor
And I run weekly stats on the engagement of my delegates, as well as paying a lot of them to engage https://steemit.com/steemit/@abh12345/58vhut-steemit-the-curation-leagues-sbd-and-delegation-prizes
When 'abuse' has been spotted, the delegation has quickly been revoked, but overall, It's been a fantastic exercise.
Proof being in that many of @fulltimegeek's stewards of gondor, my delegates, and people perhaps wishing to be delegates, are among The 201 most prolific commentators on the Steem Blockchain (2018)
Check the comments on that post (the 6th highest total according to @arcange yesterday) if you wish to see who's really providing the grease to the (b)chain.
Thanks!
I didn't say that it's not taking place, did I? :-)
What about those who received large delegations from steemit: dtube, dlive and utopian-io? I read your analysis about their voting behavior (including curie), but when I look at their stats, their VP is always around 90% or even close to 100%. When I look at my own it's seldomly above 70%, and still I'm short in votes :-)
Wouldn't we expect them to use the delegation to fully spread their power and push as much creators as possible? Maybe it's a question of manpower and their focus is rather on development than curation. In my eyes delegation is perfectly used when maxed out. But you know I'm that romantic content creator :-)
Have a great day Ash!
:)
No you didn't, just making it clear that responsible actions are taking place with delegated SP.
As long as the voting power of the above accounts doesn't hit 100%, then VP is not being 'wasted' as such. Voting power recovers quicker, the higher it is and so this is why it's never too far from the max when you look in the accounts that own millions - they keep a very watchful eye.
I have seen dtube sat at 100% VP for an hour or two at certain times (and badgered the boss about it) which I do see as a waste, both for the owners of this DSP (curation missed) and the content creators seeking votes.
utopian-io do their voting with scripts, on manually approved contributions. The script begins once the VP has returned to 100%, and I think shuts off around 80-85%. (The approved contributions must wait til the following voting cycle).
It's actually the same for the bid-bots in some respects, they have (11?)voting rounds each day, which start when VP hits 100%.
In short, it is the plan to keep VP high, and as long as it's not at 100% (idle) it's all good :)
Have a great day on the slopes too!