5 differences between whales, orcas, dolphins and other categories on Steemit

Some of the biggest questions on everyone’s lips on Steemit are: Who is a whale? What does it take to be one? How are dolphins different from say, minnows?

Whales are kings of the ocean

Like many people out here on the Steemit platform, when I was introduced to Steemit, this was also one of the first questions I asked.

In fact, many even mistake a minnow for a newbie. Do minnow and newbie mean the same thing? No, not at all.

Finally, the answers are at your doorstep

Well, trouble yourself no further. I have brought you all the answers you need to know the basic differences between a whale and!

Dolphins are lovely creatures, but you can be a whale too.

Classification on Steemit

When Steemit was founded about two years ago, it was important that cadres were built into the system, not for segregation or to divide the Steemit community into stratas but to establish order, provide extra motivations to invest more in the community and climb up the ladders.

One easy way of explaining the categories on Steemit is that categorization on Steemit is proof of one’s involvement and investments (time, resources, relationships and money) in the Steemit community.

Categories on Steemit

S/N	Categories	Steem Power (SP)
Stage 1	Red fish	<500 SP
Stage 2	Minnow	500 SP to <5,000SP
Stage 3	Dolphin	5,000 SP to <50,000SP
Stage 4	Orca	50,000 SP to <500,000SP
Stage 5	Whale	500,000SP and above

NB

While the above categorization is largely correct and factual, it should be noted, however, that categorisation into whales, orcas, dolphins, minnows and redfish on Steemit is based more on MVests than on SP (Steem power).

Feel free to comment and add your observations, please.

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