Hello Friends,
Many of you are new here. You all want to see success very soon and lack a lot of patience. Therefore my today's post is for those who are new to steemit and are still not aware of this platform how it works.
For newbies, it is very important to understand the concept of reward distribution and voting power.
First, let us talk about voting power.
To know your voting power you can simply check on a website known as www.steemd.com/@yourusername
Like mine is www.steemd.com/@alok1
This is a very important aspect for you guys initially. Because if you upvote someone having a good reputation and voting value with more than 60% voting power only then he might upvote you back(50% chances if your voting value is zero). Don't fall for groups of steemit with members more than 20-30 to 100-250. It is useless, they will share posts one by one and will ask you to upvote them and in return, they will upvote you. Most of them even won't upvote you back in return leading to draining of your voting power.
Now comes the point of reward distribution. Whenever you earn .01$, you should forget it. It will not be credited in your account as rewards are distributed in 3 forms i.e- steem, sbd and steempower. This will make you feel upset but that is how it works.
Wondering how will you earn then? Well, that is simple and easy. Initially, I would suggest save your votes for whales i.e people with more than 60 reputation. Search for new posts by people in any tag and upvote posts shared by a whale. Now it has a trick too- you need to scroll down your page and upvote only those posts which were posted around 20-30 minutes ago. This is because when they will earn money later their rewards will be distributed in three forms sbd, steem & steam power. This steem power is further distributed among people who have upvoted the post at the initial stage in some percentages. So always remember to upvote a whales post only after 20 to 30 mins so you have maximum percentage of share which will ultimately help you get more steem power which is very important for you to grow faster. Also, do not forget to comment on their post with relevance to the topic. Sometimes, whales too upvote your comment which will also help you to grow.
Hope you get this and plan your actions accordingly.
If you like my post upvote and resteem.
Welcome to Steemit @alok1!
I wish you much success and hope you find Steemit to be as rewarding and informative as I have.
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Oh yea, I have upvoted you and followed you. Many blessings!
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Welcome to Steemit alok1. Let me know if you got any questions about Steem or anything related to it! The official FAQ can be found here and has A LOT of information https://steemit.com/faq.html - Also remember, Steemit is just ONE of the sites built that uses Steem the blockchain. We also have DTube - our very own Youtube, DSound for Soundcloud and Steepshot if you prefer Instagram like experience. I'd also like to mention ChainBB - forums, Busy - Steemit with more modern look basically, DMania for memes and Dlive for streaming just like in Twitch! You can also earn Steem by gaming now! Search for Steemgar if that's more your thing. Welcome to the blockchain! :)
Thanks for sharing this @alok1. Though, please clarify this statement: "Don't fall for groups of steemit with members more than 20-30 to 100-250." Does anyone ever had voting power more than 100?
People on steemit have whatsapp group who lure you to join them. That useless.
Yes. Even I have made a group and community of very few people (only 15) where we can easily monitor their actions and tasks.
I still do not understand. So what if they are in a group of 20-30 or 100-250?
Let me explain. There are many groups related to steemit where people post their steemit links and ask other members to upvote their post and in return, they will give an upvote too. But what happens with a mass of 200 people is tracking and monitoring becomes difficult. I formed a group of people with experimental minds and we do experiments on steemit to help ourselves as well as new people who will join steemit later.
Even this post was made after an experiment. Hope u understand my point now. @macoolette
It's very useful for beginners
Thanks.
After all that tricks you should not forget that Steemit is not all about money. Your points are good for sure, but getting personal connections and helping other people out will be a multiplier for these measures. If it was just about the money I would not upvote you with my 0.13$ because the amount of your vote is not even 0.01$.
But I use this platform the social way and support other people so they will really be interested in my articles - not just my upvotes.
Anyway, here is my 0.13$ upvote for you :P
I know sir. I want to help people too, but for that, I need to have something in my account and only then I can help someone. Even I use this platform to increase my youtube channel audience but nobody cares. people here are mostly with a mindset of earning money. so that is why I posted this information.
Also, Thank you for your support. I really appreciate your valuable feedback.
hope to have a long-term relation with you.
See - i hope that too. That's how it works ;)
Thank you.
Okay, I actually wanted to post this as my initial comment but I opted for my question about that Steemit grouping. Anyway, here is my initial thought as also a newbie on Steemit...
The tips given here will surely help in earning money. But...
What does my voting power tell me about the value that someone earns when I upvote them? I am asking because even if I upvote 100%, their post's pending payout still did not increase even just for 0.01$. That tells me my 100% voting power has no voting value. I actually need to earn tens of thousands of Steem Power before my vote has value. Here is an upvote calculator. So what gives?
Upvoting only those with high reputation sounds like making the rich richer and the poor poorer, and that is alarming to me. Why? Because that is telling me that no one should upvote for me as a newbie who hasn't reach 60 reputation yet. When will I ever reach 60 if everyone is looking for those who already have 60 and above?
When I joined, I noticed that most of my first upvoters are also newbies like me. Even if I have "many" upvotes, the estimated payout does not go up. Why? Because most of my upvoters are newbies who do not have much in their wallet but they cared for my post. That is one thing I learned in this platform: help your fellow newbie even in your own little way and help will come back to you. It is a circle of life.
Here is my 100% upvote regardless of the value. It is what I can share for now. Cheers! 🙂
To your point "2": the real whales will get their money no matter what happens. If a user with like 15 SP upvotes, it does not make the whale richer, but if you comment on popular posts more and more people will know you.
Right. Commenting on popular post is like riding with them. But to keep your vote only for those with 60 and above reputation is a different matter.
I disagree. For people like us what matters most in beginning is getting a vote value for ourselves then riding with people. @macoolette
You have your own opinion. 🙂
yes. That is what i am suggesting all to do.. People ask upvote for upvote. I simply upvote and comment to get their attention. @cryptographix
haha yes
For your point 1 I said a newbie needs steempower the most in initial stage and to earn that one needs to upvote whales to earn a good amount of sp.
for your point 2 If you have something in your pocket only then you can donate. If your vote value is zero so there is no point of donating as you are as equal as they are in terms of power and money.
Also, if you have a good post why would a newbie won't upvote you? I do upvote a newbie with a really good post.
Thanks for your upvote too @macoolette. Hope we have a long-term relationship and grow mutually.
good job bro nice and simple explanation
Good Strategy To Gain Attention Of Whales..!!
Thanks Man
Good tips @alok1, this can be helpful for the one who are new on this plaftorm. Thanks
Thanks for sharing.
Good for new user as well old users also..
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nice post bro today i knew very well how to use steemit
Very useful information you shared.
Thanks for this wonderful information...I think our group members will take it seriously
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