How to vote, how many votes per day, and best commenting practices on steemit.

I am making a video series for my YouTube viewers who are now starting to join the steemit community. Many of the things I discuss are also valid for other beginner steemit members.

When you vote, you are telling someone that you approve of their article or comment and want to give them credit. A vote can increase someone's reputation and/or earnings.

But you can only vote so many times per day before your vote loses its power. Your voting power recharges at just under 1 percent per hour. You can vote about 10 times per day at 100% voting power and then your voting influence is reduced. The more you vote after that, the less voting power you have.

It is best to keep your voting down to about 10 per day then. If you vote about 20 times, then you will need about 24 hours to fully recharge.

This eliminates abuse to some extent. I have seen some people vote 50 times in a row but after the first 10 - 20 votes, their influence is drained so low that they no longer have any effect.

When you vote, you can check that it went through by clicking on the down arrow next to the vote count. All the names of everyone who voted will show up in the list.

Your voting power also has another important role on the steemit site. The higher your voting power, the more money your vote is equal to. Also the more steem power you have, the more powerful your vote and the more monetary value it has. (We will get into steem power and steem dollars in another article soon).

You can look at any account on www.steemd.com with their username and see what they do each day. Everything is open for everyone to see. You can check my current voting power and activities on steemit here:

https://steemd.com/@thediyworld

On the top left side of the screen you can see my voting weight and my voting power. The voting weight comes from steem power. The voting power is what drains each time you vote. You can keep an eye on your voting power by looking at your own account. Simply replace your user name on the link above.

You can also see all activity on your account and blog. Anyone who comments or votes on your writings will be shown here. I keep the steemd window open at all times on my computer and refresh it after every activity to see my stats.

When you comment, the best is to reply directly to the article itself unless you are answering someone in a thread that has already formed.

For my YouTube viewers this is very important so I can see your comments and vote them higher. This is important because my site is flooded with trolls who followed me from YouTube. I am hoping to flood my articles with good comments and drive the bad ones down lower on the page.

And this brings me to down votes. This should not be abused and it also drains your voting power. You can flag a post that you see as vulgar or otherwise not suitable for all audiences. Harassment is a big one from my trolls. You will see a lot of grayed out comments on my blog posts due to my hiding them.

The more steem power you have, the more ability you have to gray out nasty comments.

I would advise my YouTube viewers NOT to down vote anyone though. Save your votes for people who you think deserve your upvote. I will take care of the nasties.

And please get out there on the community and browse articles. Vote on those which you feel deserve it.

Have fun.

Please watch the video I made with more details: