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     9 years ago (edited)

    I watched early tips on using steemit that recommended you voting on your own posts. It can help the visibility if there are a lot of comments. You automatically vote on your own BLOG post, but your comments and replies you have to intentionally vote on. It is about visibilty. In addition, it can help you grow faster even if it is very slow.

    I watched those tips and did it myself for awhile, until I realized your voting power has a % applied against it. When your % is at 100% you get the full power of your vote. Each vote you make reduces this % so each successive vote is less powerful. This discourages vote spamming, and makes it so you can't just vote on everything and call it good. That % regenerates over time.

    So once I found out about that I realized voting on myself made my votes for other people less effective than they could be. Ultimately I'm going to do better in the long run lifting others up than I would simply by voting on myself. Voting on others could turn into a force multiplier. Voting on yourself cannot.

    Oh... and I am pretty sure the guy is PROTESTING... check out his comment he added last night to one of my posts: (EDIT: I took a screenshot... so you don't have to read my other blog unless you are interested)

    https://steemit.com/steemit/@dwinblood/let-those-shouting-cronyism-ponzi-and-corruption-be-the-first-to-cast-their-stone-upon-the-beggars

    His post there is short, but informative in terms of character, beliefs, and possible motivations for his actions.

    I made an audio version of that same post the other day if you are interested in the actual blog entry itself... My only video/audio I've made specifically for steemit so far. It is basically just me redoing that post with my voice, some background sounds, and some additional imagery... so not necessary that you watch or read either of them. That was one I thought my message was important so I made the video to reach people that prefer video to reading. :)

    https://steemit.com/steemit/@dwinblood/siren-song-for-the-down-voter-if-you-think-the-down-vote-flag-is-a-solution-i-made-this-for-you

    As you can see I am not making BANK on either of them. I am no major power that this guy seems to think.

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     9 years ago 

    Thanks for explaining! In any case it seems like an interesting personality.. Nice video btw. I like your observations!

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