RE: Understanding the Principle of Upvote | A Guide to New Steemians | How Does it Work?

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Understanding the Principle of Upvote | A Guide to New Steemians | How Does it Work?

in steemit •  7 years ago  (edited)

Hi @jassennessaj,

Can you help me understand a little better what you mean in the section "How do I spend my upvote wisely?"

It sounds like upvoting a brand new post that no one else has seen before will get you fewer rewards than upvoting one that is 30 minutes old. Did I get that right?

If so do you have any idea why it's set up like that? I'd be interested to know.

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Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

  • Disagreement on rewards
  • Fraud or plagiarism
  • Hate speech or trolling
  • Miscategorized content or spam

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      ·  7 years ago 

    Found out the answer to this myself:

    It's to stop bots getting a bunch of rewards for being the first to automatically upvote new content.

    Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

    • Disagreement on rewards
    • Fraud or plagiarism
    • Hate speech or trolling
    • Miscategorized content or spam

    Submit
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    • Past Payouts $0.02
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    • - Curators $0.01
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      ·  7 years ago 

    Spending your vote wisely and the thing that you mentioned above is for curation fewards (maximizing your curation) and thats part of responsible upvoting :)

    Downvoting a post can decrease pending rewards and make it less visible. Common reasons:

    • Disagreement on rewards
    • Fraud or plagiarism
    • Hate speech or trolling
    • Miscategorized content or spam

    Submit
    $0.00
      1 vote