How I'm Using my 2700+ SP To Positively Impact The Steemit Ecosystem

Until I reach 1000 followers, at least 50% of my upvoting Dollars will be up for grabs to Steemians who provide value-added comments in this blog aka community.

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I am humbled to have obtained 300 followers in such a short period of time. Thank you!

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Dear fellow Steemians,
I am especially grateful for all the value-added comments I received which were encouraged through my constructive comment campaign where I upvoted all comments which I perceived added value by a minimum of 5 cents (with many more comments receiving 2-4 cents and several comments receiving 100% of my slider VP, i.e. 35-40 cents).

I’d like to personally thank the following Steemians

Thanks so much for all the great comments I received recently by the authors below.

Comment authors who received at least 5 cents at least once for their comment during the last 5 days :

@canis7lupus @biophil @johleen @ka82 @lario @frederikaa @wealthy-easily @xyzashu @dexpartacus @ashr @melinda010100 @artedellavita @qholloi @arturomdg @onealfa @clixmoney

Comment authors who received at least 20 cents at least once during the last 5 days :

@pfa @cem @steemitboard @lawrenceho84 @sebastianjago @momoroongchao @farmstead @jamesbrown @anonymint

I succeeded with my goal of obtaining 20 followers a day!

Inspired by the success of my 5 day constructive comment campaign which in conjunction with other efforts enabled me to fulfill my short term goal of earning 20 followers a day, I decided to give even more of my VP to commenters who provide value.

How I’m Giving Back

Until I reach 1000 followers, I offer to use at least 50% of all my upvote Dollars which I gain from having over 2700 SP to promote value-added discussion in the comments. More specifically I offer to upvote value-added comments with a minimum of 25% of my slider voting power which will translate into anything between 6 cents and 12 cents (assuming a Steem value of $1.23) depending on my voting power at the time. Currently my voting power is above 85% so if someone leaves a value-added comment, I will upvote it by 10 cents (this is the reward received when I use 25% of my slider voting power with 85% of my assigned voting power.

I will upvote until my voting power goes to below 55% (if it goes below this point, 25% of my slider voting power would amount to less than 6 cents assuming a Steem price of $1.23) at which point I will wait until it replenishes to 55% before resuming upvoting.

The above are merely guidelines as I retain sole discretion of how I use my voting power. However I encourage you to call me out if I don't stick to what I'm promising in this post.

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If someone can tell me where I can check the ratio of my upvoting Dollars which are used to upvote my posts vs posts of others, I’d be much obliged.

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If my upvoting of value-added comments promotes growth in the number of followers and amount of constructive discussion there is, I will likely go on to committing a decent % of my voting power to commenters even after reaching 1000 followers. It is my hope that people commenting on my blog will gain so much value from writing their comments and reading other people's comments, that they will follow and interact with this community regardless of potentially not getting an upvote by me. Also, as the community grows, commenters will be able to garner upvotes from other community members who also value and appreciate good content.

What is a value-added comment?

In my humble opinion, a value-added comment comprises a combination of one or more of the following factors, many of which are interdependent :

• Constructive --> Generally being helpful / providing useful information / offering an informed opinion

• Humorous → Something amusing, lightening the mood, making people laugh

• Informative --> Providing information related to the article in the form of an opinion/source/fact, preferably with a brief description of how the new information relates when providing a link to another source

• Challenging --> Challenging the views of the author or other commenters, preferably with substantiated opinions/facts/sources

• Contributing towards the Steemit ecosystem - Helping in creating a sustainable and healthy Steemit ecosystem. This may include me upvoting a very new member to give them a positive first impression of Steemit or me upvoting other Steemians who are contributing positively to the Steemit ecosystem

• Original --> Unique, special, thinking outside the box

• Interactive --> Encouraging further interaction by asking a question or making a statement which results in multiple further replies to that comment

• Inspiring → For example recounting a story about facing a challenge or providing facts which inspire people to take action in their lives in some way or other

If any one of the last three factors are fulfilled (inspiring/interactive/original) as judged by me, the comment is guaranteed a 100% upvote.

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Please let me know in the comments below if you can think of any other categories of value-added comments I may have neglected.

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See you at the top,
Follow the community at blockchainttmft where constructive community members get rewarded.

I spend all day reading and writing about cryptocurrency because it will change the world as we know it. Below are some of my recent articles.

• What Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Technology is Really All About (thanks to @teamsteem and @someguy123 for the upvote)

• Rewarding my Readers Through my Constructive Comment Campaign

• Why I am Powered UP Over 3000 USD worth of Steem

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