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RE: Should I Power Down? - Early Morning Steem Thoughts by Charlie Shrem
Considering that you make a substantial amount of SBD with every post you write, that is the kind of treatment famous people get on Steem unlike most regular users, I don't see any point in you needing to Power Down. Just build some more voting power and use it to make a difference on Steemit with it.
You already have substantial amount of Steem Power accumulated and you should use that to give back to Steemit community by voting for good posts you find. I see that unlike some other celebrities here on Steemit you are actually curating quite a bit already, so just keep up the good work... :)
Thanks! I try as much as possible.
Only found out about this place yesterday and have been TRYING to understand what's going on, but is bringing dreadful memories of school back where i just DID not dig what teach was telling me but felt embarrassed to keep repeating 'WAHT?? HEY?? I don't understand' Well that is how I feel. I could talk to you under the table about mythology, and paganism, and art, and psychedelics, and the NWO, but i have not got a business head at ALL so am really struggling to get 'it'. Wanted to pm you about this but seems there is no way to pm people?
this site helped me, and I agree having joined a few weeks ago. I felt overwhelmed and lost and actually posted about yesterday but just keep reading steem help posts and learn more and more and it will start to illuminate.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@mindover/steemit-for-dummies-like-me-everything-you-need-know-to-get-started
I am in the same boat! Going to read the white paper now...
I am new to Steem also! I think that you should stick with it. It was very confusing to me at first, but now I am getting the hang of it. As I understand it you can invest your own money to buy more Steem power and increase your ability to make more for your posts and votes. IS THIS RIGHT EVERYBODY, CORRECT ME IF I AM WRONG
OMG.....I just totally resonated with your comment....I'm feeling the same way here @julianoneill
The above comment was absolutely wonderful, giving a nice complement and encouragement. Why did it earn 47 cents and the Thank You $16 bucks? The article was well written and the writer has an amazing story behind him, come on whales please stop this bias voting keeping us people wanting fairness down. Finally a system where votes matter and the powers that be still not making much matter to level out success. Cheers!
Honestly, I'm not sure. His comment got 28 votes, and mine 9. As I understand it the weight of the voter matters a lot, but I need to understand the mechanics better.
Votes are weighted by SP. 5 votes with 100 SP each is equal to 100 votes with 5 SP each.
I agree with you @cryptos. Especially the part about Charlie Shrem curating posts. If I had a post that didn't make much money, but I did see an upvote or comment by Charlie, I think that would feel like payment in itself. I really do admire Charlie's way of thinking.. so his curation is more important to me, than any SBD/SP I'd earn from strangers curating my content.
Another thing that I like about Steem, is that here, Charlie Shrem and I are equal. If he had a blog running at www.charlieshrem.com, I couldn't compete with him. But since both of our blog posts appear on www.steemit.com, this creates a level playing field. There is something really fair about that.
Albeit the playing field may be level, but he's still a more talented player. I hope read 137 books one day, and then we'll see what happens next. lol.
I really like Charlie compared to some other so called celebrity users and continue reading his valuable articles . I make 1-200$ every post since I signed up. If I would see a few more zeros at the end I would do the same, Power UP and UP and UP , in my case little by little every day to support this community.
This is what I like about @charlieshrem , he is contributing to the platform like all regular users.
Then again, if he keeps posting the same way he does, I don't think that powering down is much of an issue as he would make so much more per week considering the amount he gets to divest once a week. So he could power down as well if he wanted those extra Steem, but if you want to be more effective on Steemit with curation its obviously better to have more SP.
One thing you seem to miss in ypur equation is the fact that
SteemDollar pay interest
... currently at a 10% apr. Arguable, a steemdollar doesnt trade en par with the usd just now but if you believe the mechanics behind SD are sound you may want to diversify not into altcoins but keep some liquidity in SteemDollar .. (not actual investment advice)
Good point!
hmm, hadn't considered that either.
@charlieshrem, I'd say keep the power, for as long as you can.
Eventually you'll - I think very likely - be happy you did. And in the mean time, your voting power is a good thing for the rest of us.
But if you're only voting up on the few people you follow however, consider following more folks who create content you enjoy. Otherwise you're just keeping it in the family, as it were.
You spread more than a given monetary value with you upvotes, you spread good will. Far more important.