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That is fantastic advice...thank you! I thought I was figuring something wrong when I paid for an upvote on my last post. Not only did I change over to 100% SP, but I bid on the bot with STEEM. The detail report said that I would make about $8 on my $5 bid (2 STEEM), but the vote after curation now shows that I'll only get 1.26 STEEM back. I dunno what happened. My other bids have been profitable...or at least I think they have been. With the drop in STEEM value, it's hard to calculate, as I'm still new at all this.

Anyway, I appreciate the advice. Anytime you feel like imparting some wisdom to a newbie, drop on by...I'll take all the wisdom I can get!

The general rule of thumb is that if the price of SBD’s is more than $1 USD, 50/50 is the way to go. Back when I started, SBD’s were fluctuating slightly above and below $1 USD, so pure SP versus 50/50 was basically a tossup. But lately, SBD’s have been well above $1, for no reason that I can explain.