Steemit Whale??What is that dude??
What are "whales" ?
Hello steemians,
I've been learning as much about steemit as possible over recent days and have come across mention of all sorts of bizarre terminology including "whales"
What is a steemit whale?
What is a whale?
The answer is Steemit users who have a large Steem Power holding are able to influence rewards by upvoting. I recommend that new users check out the white paper: https://steem.io/SteemWhitePaper.pdf
What effect can a whale have on an artcile if they upvote?
Easiest Explanation of the power of a Whale's vote is to look at the stats below I removed the votes from Whales in graph below:
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