While I checked the latest posts on Steemit 2 days ago, my eyes fell on a post from the well known Charlie Shrem ( @charlieshrem). I thought, wow, Charlie Shrem is now on Steemit and I can be the first to upvote him. And I was the first. Great! Of course I feel very very honored.
https://steemd.com/introduceyourself/@charlieshrem/charlie-shrem-is-now-on-steemit
While all the Giant Steemit Whales voted on his post after me his post became worth over $10,000! Wow, and since I was the first I expected a nice curation reward... And I got one. Wow, I made 0.001 Steem Power!! Awesome! It made my day! :-)
I did it again
And you know what? Early this morning I was very lucky again. I stumbled on the very first post from Roger Ver ( @rogerkver) himself. And again I was the first who upvoted which of course gave me that same feeling of honor again. I can hardly wait to receive my next curation reward. I'm so excited! ;-)
https://steemd.com/bitcoin/@rogerkver/roger-ver-the-world-s-first-bitcoin-investor-is-now-on-steemit
Please forgive me my sarcasm ;-)
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You know, if you vote after thirty minutes you will get a higher reward. If you go to http://steemstats.com you can see the percentage of curation reward you will receive for a post and the amount. For instance, I voted for this post after three minutes. I will get 0.74% reward. If I waited and voted around 30 minutes, I would get closer to 100%. The trick is to be as close to 30 minutes before it really starts to go viral.
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No !
Sorry but it's annoying that you have so much support for this comment. @penguinpablo is a minnow, like me.
@stephen.king989 I can see that you're a dolphin. So curation is rewarding for you. But it is not, and should not be rewarding for the minnows. The gaming of the system is bad enough without minnows wrongfully thinking they can be part of the game.
Minnows should not be encouraged to play this game.
It does not benefit us and the platform would do much better in the longrun, if we focused on liking what we like, not just the 'sure hits'.
@penguinpablo I enjoyed this post because it highlights just why it is pointless for you and me to curate this way.
So thank you :)
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I wish I was a dolphin but I am definitely not. I give $0.01 for my vote around 90% of the time now, so things are getting better. The only reason I got money off the comment is because some real dolphins, ( @onceuponatime @marginal @erath and @indominion) gave me an upvote.
Most of my curation I get is $0.001 SBD. But, the odd time I luck out and get a good percentage with a viral post. I think the most I ever got was $0.50. There is a counter you can get to add to the tab of the internet browser to let you know when a post is past 30 mins. I don't go around voting on content to try and get good curation. But, if I'm early on a post I like, I'll leave it open in a new tab, start the timer, and vote after 30 mins.
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Like a boss bro, here have 3 cents
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Thank you, sir! :)
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Here, have some more. I am drunk.
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I might even throw myself another few!
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@skum
Looks like you are a minion Boss here
Upvoted 🚀
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LOL At least you made something from curation. It's a form of gambling from what I can see. The whales stand to make a lot, but we minnows are likely to make cents at most. Enjoy spending your rewards
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I can so appreciate your sarcasm! My first week I spent endless hours reading, working the curations angle since my content wasn't getting any traction. Like you, lacking in the supposed rewards. What I learned, is I received my portion of my worthless minnow vote. My upvote had no weight, thus no reward, unless you think 0.001 is a reward.
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Nice one! You get the felling that the Steemit rewards system is gently hinting that we minnows should be writing? :)
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You have to learn first to be one that gains more money. I event think that is too much for your ignorance, but who am I to judge. Here you have tripled that amount already and more will probably come that means you are improving and learning. Keep up.
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I must say in this case, sarcasm is good for the soul ;-)
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@penguinpablo - 45
Ha ha ha Lmao
I am just a little plankton here.
I give you a token worth $0.001 😜
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Yes it was lucky, it was so lucky
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Great and now one upvote more! :)
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lucky man))))
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I thought if you were first to up-vote a post you would receive a percentage of the reward. Technically you did, I guess but that's not much of an incentive.
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No, because @penguinpablo is a minnow like me. Minnows can't curate for real rewards.
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Well, it's not the point to be the first, voting bots can definetly be quicker than you, upvoting every single new post.
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The first is strong with this one.
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Maybe you would make more money if you stopped posting copypasta. Rehashing other peoples articles is not in the spirit of Steemit. There is a massive crackdown on copypasta coming, so, it's probably too late for you anyway. Cya!
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Did you actually read this article? I didn't copy anyone. I wrote the whole article myself.
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Enjoy your loot!
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