The more steem power you have, your upvote will value more. Like if you have 10k steem power then your vote will worth around 1.5$.
When you vote, your voting power decreases. Once you have minimum 500 sp (ie. steem power) you will be able to decide how much voting power you want to spend on vote.
Ok I get some more steem power !
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