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Me (gray t-shirt) @masriadi (black t-shirt) @jaff (red t-shirt) n our friend in Lhokseumawe City March 2016

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Salam Hormat :)

Sahabat Steemians, saat pertama kali bergabung di Steemit, awal Agustus 2017, banyak hal yang membuat saya penasaran dengan platform media sosial baru ini. Salah satunya, mengenai nomor di samping nama akun.

Waktu itu, nomor di samping nama akun saya adalah 25. Namun, seiring waktu berjalan, nomor ini terus merangkak naik hingga saat ini sudah 42.

Saya sempat menanyakan perihal nomor tersebut pada @ilyasismail, kawan karib yang sudah lebih dulu aktif di Steemit. Rupanya, senior saya di dunia jurnalistik ini sama seperti saya; juga masih penasaran dengan nomor itu.

Saking penasarannya, saya kemudian mencari data di Google. Tapi, saya tidak menemukan postingan yang menjelaskan khusus tentang nomor di samping nama akun Steemit.

Saya juga sempat berniat, menanyakan lagi masalah nomor itu langsung ke Steemians senior lain, seperti Bang @ayijufridar, @masriadi, @jaff, Bang @zainalbakri dan senior lain yang sudah lama saya kenal di dunia nyata. Tapi, karena gengsi (ini salah satu sikap negatif saya), niat itu saya urungkan. Hehe...

Terakhir, satu hari lalu, saya tak sengaja membuka FAQ di menu utama situs resmi Steemit. FAQ adalah dokumen berisi pertanyaan umum tentang Steemit lengkap dengan jawaban. Kepanjangan kerennya Frequently Asked Questions. Dan setelah membaca dokumen ini, rasa penasaran saya langsung terobati.

Mau tau jawabannya apa ? Ternyata sahabat Stemians, nomor di samping nama akun Steemit merupakan skor reputasi pemilik akun. Semakin besar nilai skornya menandakan reputasi pemilik akun itu semakin bagus. Sebaliknya, jika skor makin kecil, itu menjadi bukti reputasinya sedang seret.

Akun yang baru mendaftar biasanya mendapat nilai reputasi awal 25. Skor ini merupakan mekanisme yang sengaja dirancang Steemit untuk mengurangi penyalahgunaan platform Steemit sekaligus menjadi salah satu cara bagi Steemit untuk mengukur nilai yang telah dibawa pemilik akun kepada masyarakat.

Skor reputasi akun seseorang akan naik jika postingan atau komentarnya banyak di upvote atau di resteem oleh akun lain. Sebaliknya, jika postingannya banyak mendapat downvote dapat mendorong reputasi pemilik akun turun dan bisa membuat postingannya kurang terlihat atau sulit ditemukan akun lain.

Tapi, jangan risau. Ini hanya berlaku jika yang melakukan downvote skor reputasinya lebih tinggi dari skor reputasi yang kena downvote. Jika skor reputasinya lebih rendah, tidak akan berdampak apa-apa.

Yang penting, kita tetap berusaha menjaga sekaligus meningkatkan skor reputasi dengan senantiasa memposting konten dan komentar berkualitas. Sebab, jika skor reputasi kita berjalan di bawah nol, Steemit akan menyembunyikan posting dan komentar kita, sehingga sangat sulit meraih imbalan serta pengikut. :)

Demikian, sahabat Steemians. Saya sangat berharap para senior para suhu bersedia mengkritik jika ada hal yang salah atau keliru saya pahami dalam tulisan ini. Terimakasih sudah membaca sampai habis, semoga bermanfaat, terutama untuk teman-teman pendatang baru seperti saya, dan siapapun yang belum sempat membaca FAQ Steemit.

Salam Takzim. @musyawirwaspada :)

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What's Number Next to Our Name?

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me n @ilyasismail in Idi East Aceh March 2017

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Greetings :)

Friends Steemians, when I first joined Steemit, early August 2017, many things that make me curious about this new social media platform. One of them, about the number next to the account name.

At that time, the number next to my account name was 25. However, as time went on, this number kept crawling up to now it's 42.

I had time to ask about the number to @ilyasismail, a friend who was already active in Steemit. Apparently, my senior in journalistic world is just like me; Also still curious about that number.

I was so curious, I then searched for data in Google. But, I didn’t find any posts specifically describing the number next to the account name Steemit.

I also intend to ask again the question of the number directly to other Stemians senior, such as Bang @ayijufridar, @masriadi, @jaff, Bang @zainalbakri and other senior I have known in the real world. But, because of the prestige (this is one of my negative attitude), the intention was undo. Hehe

Lastly, one day ago, I accidentally opened the FAQ in the main menu Steemit official site. FAQ is a document with a general question about Steemit complete with answers. Stands for Frequently Asked Questions. And after reading this document, my curiosity immediately ‘cured’.

Want to know what answer? Apparently a friend Stemians, the number next to the Steemit account name is the account owner's reputation score. The greater the score means the reputation of the account owner is getting better. Conversely, if the score is smaller, it becomes a proof of its reputation is being dragged.

The newly enrolled account typically earns an initial reputation score of 25. This score is a mechanism that deliberately designed Steemit to reduce abuse platform Steemit at once into one of Steemit ways to measure the value that the account owner has brought to the community.

A person's account standing score will go up if his post or comments are much upvote_ or in resteem by another account. Conversely, if the post gets a lot of downvote can push the account owner's reputation down and can make the post less visible or hard to find another account.

But don’t worry. This is only true if the performer's downvote reputation score is higher than the reputation score hit by downvote. If the reputation score is lower, it will not affect anything.

Importantly, we keep trying to maintain and improve reputation score by always posting quality content and comments. Because, if our reputation score goes below zero, Steemit will hide our posts and comments, making it very difficult to achieve rewards and followers.

Similarly, friends Steemians. I really hope the senior and ‘para suhu’ are willing to criticize if there is something wrong or wrong I understand in this paper. Thank you for reading up, hopefully useful, especially for newcomer friends like me or anyone who has not had time to read FAQ Steemit.

Best Regards. @musyawirwaspada :)