Hey there everyone. I have a rather basic question that I'm sure I could find plenty of articles on, but hey, fuck it, I'd rather talk to someone one on one.
So-- voting power. What is it? I still don't fully understand the whole system. How does voting work? How careful should I be in terms of how many votes I'm throwing around? When should I start paying attention to those percentages(I don't know what to call them, but I think you know what I mean).
Notifications. I have had several members mention they've tagged me in a post. How am I to see this? Is this an app you need? The FAQ tells me I should see them in my dropdown menu, but I never have. Speaking of apps, I have never looked into the many Steemit apps, but probably should granted how much I've enjoyed the site. Which are worth looking into?
I have also just started receiving my first author/curator rewards and am wondering- is there anything I should be doing with them? Should I convert my SBD into STEEM or STEEM power? I obviously am not that knowledgeable about the inner workings of the site.
That was a lot more questions than I anticipated when I started writing this. Sorry if you suffered through that. Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks!
I have to admit you're probably going to continue to see "help! help!" posts over the next few weeks. I can be needy.
Here's a picture of our dog, with his girlfriend, who lives next door.
Heh, I need these answers too. Let's see if someone comes by and answers your questions.
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Ah I hope so!! Not a lot of help yet unfortunately.
Site navigation seems like an issue, at least for me. Hopefully we'll figure this out together!
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Each vote reduces your voting power by 2% and voting power regenerates by 20% every day. STEEM Power is the weight of your vote which affects the post rewards.
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Thank you. Is the 2% thing consistent? Or do you lose a certain percentage depending on how much weight you put into the vote?
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Here is an example of a tool to track things,
www.steemworld.org/@herbertholmes
Paste that into your browser & you will see more stats. This site is still in beta so you have to do some digging around to find all the tools people are developing for metrics. Lots of good articles written by smarter people than me if you do some digging.
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wow! that is very useful @ceattlestretch. Thank you
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Gotta love dogs & snow ❄️ cheers
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You should almost ALWAYS do the 50/50 rewards on your posts when the exchange rate for SBD to Steem is the way it is right now. (in your wallet, click on the SBD or Steem numbers and then market to see the current exchange rates.)
When you get SBD, it's a good idea to exchange it for Steem as soon as possible and then power up the Steem into your Steem Power. You don't have to wait until you have a lot of SBD to do this. (have you tried it yet?)
As your Steem Power level goes higher over time, the more your upvotes will be worth and the more of everything you can earn/collect on Steemit.
Once you have a large enough amount of Steem or SBD, then you can sell it OUTSIDE of Steemit by clicking on buy or sell. (Steem or SBD)
That will take you to blocktrades where you can exchange your Steem for other cryptocurrencies. Make an account at coinbase (best one in the USA right now but there are other ones out there also) as soon as possible, it can take time for them to verify it, etc.
Let me know if you have any other questions. (I just noticed that you figured out how to exchange your SBD for Steem as I was writing this.)
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Yes I have just started to figure that out! I was probably in the process right as you were writing this post, actually :)
Thank you so much for your help! I appreciate it immensely, I have just barely started to understand the search function(I had pretty much avoided it previously.
Also the website SteemWorld was shown to me today which has helped my understanding of the site tremendously.
I guess, as with anything, I will learn naturally as I go along. Again I appreciate your willingness to help and will keep you in mind in the future :)
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Thanks, this is a good community with lots of help available for the asking. I agree that the search function will be your best friend whenever you have questions about specific things.
eSteem is the main/most developed Steemit app for a smartphone so far in case you haven't stumbled on that information yet. It makes it slightly easier to upload photos for your posts and things like that.
Remember that this stuff is all still in beta and needs to work out some of the smaller details, but overall, this website and the Steem/SBD cryptocurrencies are making great progress.
The future is very interesting for everyone involved here. Take it easy! :)
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Thanks again! I haven't heard of eSteem so I will definitely check it out.
I am still unaware of most of the Steem-related apps(there are so many), so that helps.
I am excited to see where this goes. Thank you!
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