I can see a potential of abuse of the "active" section. If I have a good post but getting a little stale, if I just upvote onw of the comments, it goes right back up.
So nobody frowns upon taking the curator's reward of your own post?
It's impossible to prevent upvoting of ones own posts I think, and it would be meaningless to have a social consensus against it. The fact that one can bump strategically by upvoting even a single comment makes abuse possible (just create more and more accounts and you can bump indefinitely), so that needs to be dealt with somehow. The most essential problem for now is likely the "active" algorithm which needs to be more involved.
But we should keep the upvote for the post itself(?)...no for the same reason?
PS
IDEA !!! We can keep continue to push upvoted content to the top with one CRITERIA... only if pending payout more than $1 or something like that !!!
It wouldn't be meaningless no. People could downvote based on that and it would then be counterproductive to do it. I don't know what the actual social consensus on this is or would be. I guess that will evolve in time.
Yes you should certainly upvote your own content. That is one of the major benefits to being a large holder of Steem Power. What you say matters more than someone who is less invested in the platform. Effectively, large holders earn higher content rewards and require less curation than smaller holders.
The only reason to not upvote your own post is if you don't care about the rewards or the added visibility. Perhaps you think the rewards are better distributed among others. Perhaps it is a low value post.
It isn't even possible to prevent someone from doing it, so we should consider it to be part of the rules of the game. Upvote your own post if you think it is worth an upvote from others.
I downvoted by mistake dantheman !!! (and he get +$0.65 !!!)
I earn more from downvoting my own post than upvoting them. On average I earn $0.90 for a downvote and $0.01 for an upvote. That is unless the amount is being reported incorrectly. I can see that being abused at some point if others notice.
When you consider it to be a good post you should upvote. And yes, you'll get rewarded for it.
I can see a potential of abuse of the "active" section. If I have a good post but getting a little stale, if I just upvote onw of the comments, it goes right back up.
So nobody frowns upon taking the curator's reward of your own post?
It's impossible to prevent upvoting of ones own posts I think, and it would be meaningless to have a social consensus against it. The fact that one can bump strategically by upvoting even a single comment makes abuse possible (just create more and more accounts and you can bump indefinitely), so that needs to be dealt with somehow. The most essential problem for now is likely the "active" algorithm which needs to be more involved.
How about making active only on comments? Since spam comment can easily spotted and downvoted by the community.
I downvoted by mistake dantheman !!! (and he get +$0.65 !!!)
But we should keep the upvote for the post itself(?)...no for the same reason?
PS
IDEA !!! We can keep continue to push upvoted content to the top with one CRITERIA... only if pending payout more than $1 or something like that !!!
That is what we are thinking of doing.
It wouldn't be meaningless no. People could downvote based on that and it would then be counterproductive to do it. I don't know what the actual social consensus on this is or would be. I guess that will evolve in time.
Yes you should certainly upvote your own content. That is one of the major benefits to being a large holder of Steem Power. What you say matters more than someone who is less invested in the platform. Effectively, large holders earn higher content rewards and require less curation than smaller holders.
The only reason to not upvote your own post is if you don't care about the rewards or the added visibility. Perhaps you think the rewards are better distributed among others. Perhaps it is a low value post.
It isn't even possible to prevent someone from doing it, so we should consider it to be part of the rules of the game. Upvote your own post if you think it is worth an upvote from others.
I can see that on reddit, our own post are automatically upvoted by ourselves. Is there any downside to this?
It seems the "right way"...
The difference is that here, unlike reddit, you have limited voting power and using it on your own posts may be wasting it.
Then you shouldnt post it if it would be a waste...isnt it?
Agreed. Why should ppl upvote you if you yourself do not believe in your own post?
Some responses here as well
Downvote was a mistake BTW, meant to upvote. Sorry.
This is an old post but I had the same question since I'm new to the site.
I earn more from downvoting my own post than upvoting them. On average I earn $0.90 for a downvote and $0.01 for an upvote. That is unless the amount is being reported incorrectly. I can see that being abused at some point if others notice.
lol and of course it doesn't work on this one. =b
haha, experimenting and exploring is a great way to learn things the right way @tuck-fheman :)