ACHIEVEMENT 6: (Understanding Curation and Community) BY @simonnwigwe || MENTOR BY @cryptokannon

Hello guys,
Am super excited to be back again with the review of achievement 6. I really want to appreciate all those who have made it possible for me to have gone these far in this great platform most especially @bright-obias you are indeed a great representative, May God continue to bless you. I want to say a big thank you for your comments, corrections and votes.

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Do you understand how voting and curation work in Steemit?

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Actually steemit, has two type of voting which are Up Vote, and Down-Vote. Steemit is just like any other media platform that is build on Blockchain Technology that uses Up vote to reward original content. And also use Down Vote to for a content that is in-relevant to Steemit. When you upvote a post with your SP, you earn curation rewards, this is a portion of the total payout of the post you voted on. Authors get 50%, curators get 50%. Here is and example of curator reward, and Author Reward from my account below.
The more SP you have, the more curation rewards you earn because your vote is greater. Having SP also gives you the power to vote for the witnesses who oversee the blockchain.

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What is this voting mana?

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Is a power which can be transmitted or inherited. When you reach the point 500 SP, you will notice a slide bar appears before you cast a vote. Thatʼs your voting mana.
You can slide and adjust your voting weight from 1%-100%.

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What happens if you vote a post, before 5 minutes after posting?

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You already know that the curation reward and author rewards are split equally (50/50). But if the curator votes at the moment of posting, the curator will not receive any reward. The 100% of the reward will remain at the reward pool. Let me explain to you how come. This happens because the split of the curator reward received in the first 5 minutes is calculated base, on the time of the vote cast. If the curator votes after a minute of posting, the curator will receive 20% of the curation reward, why 80% will be for the reward pool.

Voting Time	Curatorr Receives	Reward Pool
1 Minute	20%	80%
2 Minutes	40%	60%
3 Minutes	60%	40%
4 Minutes	80%	20%
5 Minute	100%	Nill

From the above table it shows that;

1. At 1 minutes after post published 20%
2. At 2 minutes after post published 40%
3. At 3 minutes after post published 60%
4. At 4 minutes after post published 80%
5. At 5 minutes after post published 100% goes to the curator

So it's important to check a post before casting a vote.

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Who will you vote for Steem Witness ? and Why?

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I havenʼt come across many witnesses in this platform but currently I have only use steemit tools https://steemworld.org, and https://www.steemyy.com. To look at my account details these tools is very help to me. And this applications, is developed by @steemchiller (/@steemchiller) and @justyy (/@justyy), my vote will be for them.

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Which community will you join in Steemit, and why?

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List of communities i have subscribed to

Currently I have joined so many communities. At first when I became a Steemians, I joined the newcomers community to start with the achievement1 Task, Which talks about my introduction. It really helped me to get to know this platform better and how it works.
Then I joined Steemblog, Steeming curators, and steem africa for more updates on Steemit. And also I posted most of the diaries in Steeming curators.
Just recently I joined communities like steem Nigeria, writing & reviews, APPIC, world of sport, news and SteemFoods.
Below is the list of communities I have joined.
Iʼm interested in participating in contests so by these communities there were really interesting contests organized. So I joined these communities to participate and I really enjoyed the experience I have gained from them.