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RE: new features on steemit - home and feed, Tags and Topics and the voting bar. 5 vote issue. what do minnows think?
I really like the voting bar. You get to decide how much weight your vote has, and can actually expand your voting power. For example, vote on my comment, and move the slider to 1%. You can show that you appreciate the comment, but hardly touch your voting power. Find an article that blows your mind, vote for it 100% It will also maximise your curation power :)
I don't get a voting bar. Just tested on this thread even. Nothing. Guess I only get 5 votes with my already limited steem power. Terrible for the little guys.
You can vote as many times as you like, but only 5 votes will be full power. When I started a month ago I had under 10 Steem Power. I reinvested the earnings from my blog to obtain more, with the aim of achieving curation rewards. I think you need a Steem Power of over 300 to get the voting bar.
im starting to understand the voting bar a bit more thanks to your comment. However it still is all a bit complicated and elitist, in that most people do not know about these issues, because there are no 'sticky' posts with help and explanations when something like this crops up. if you dont see a trending post explaining whats just happened then it gets lost in the ether and you are in the dark. I think most people on social media sites don't want this complexity, most are not techies and just want to click and go. I fear things like this are driving users away.
I don't have a voting bar either.