Well now I'm totally confused. After reading about this topic I'd finally settled on between 11 and 15 votes a day. The posts I read all seemed to say this and had mathematical "proofs".
However, I also read that you shouldn't let your voting power drop below 80% and I found that when I voted 11 times it dropped well below that. So I yesterday I spaced out my votes and made fewer of them so I'd stay above 80%.
Sometimes my vote seems to count for nothing (as in the update amount doesn't change) and sometimes it seems to make a difference.
I didn't expect to wake up to maths first thing in the morning, when I joined Steemit! 😁
Are you saying all those other posts are wrong, despite their mathematical proofs and that we should just vote as and when we want to with no detrimental effect?
Is this the best strategy for someone still waiting their first payout and only able to vote 100%.
My main goal at this point is to earn $2 Steem so I can join a curated group I've been invited to (assuming $2 Steem is a better way to pay than $2 SBD at the moment and that' a whole 'nother kettle of fish)!
So! First, strategy-wise, who knows? The best "strategy" for new members is really to find the contests (@mariannewest shares a bunch of them in her daily #freewrite posts) and win them. Many of the contests, especially the newer contests that offer small-ish prizes, have very few entrants. If you really give them your all, you have a good chance of winning a few SBD or Steem.
My second piece of advice is to not worry about voting strategy at all. Your influence at this point is worth $0.01 and less (you're still giving some even when the number doesn't change, but because it's less than a penny, it doesn't change the number. Don't worry all those fractions of a cent don't get lost. If a lot of people give fractions of a penny, it still adds them together.). Ultimately, just enjoy Steemit. Use it as a site to entertain and be entertained. The point of this post was, yes, to tell people not to worry so much about how they're voting. It's always "fair", i.e. those who carefully monitor their voting power and those who "overvote" are both allocating exactly as much as their steem power will allow, regardless of their "strategy". Now, if you want to give away 10 $0.01 votes instead of 20 $0.005 penny votes, then sure, pay close attention. But it's $0.10 either way.
Their mathematical proofs are why I'm posting this, because they all seem to miss a bit of math here or there in their calculations that make it seem like voting one way or another would change the overall weight of their votes. Yes, I'm saying they're wrong... but as politely as I can.
In conclusion, I recommend you pursue your goal by
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a) posting good (or at least original) content at least once a day
b) reading content that you think you'll enjoy anyways, and if you do, upvoting it without concern for Voting Power, and leaving a comment on it that is unique and that let's the reader of your comment know that you're not a spambot (avoid entirely the phrases, "I upvoted you, follow back?" and "great post."... though feel free to make your own unique memes that say great post, like this one I proudly made - and that I hereby give you permission to use if you want ;)
c) finding contests that you'd enjoy. One of my first big payouts came from https://steemit.com/steemit/@lepton/join-the-worst-steemit-contest-first-contest-where-loosers-win
I also recommend you follow, read, and interact with @papa-pepper. He just seems like a really nice fella.
Thanks for this. Seems like I have stumbled onto the "right" track. Hoorah!
Contests have been the way I've earned SBD so far. Won 3 in the first couple of days but none since but I'm learning where the competition is and where there is less. 😁
I'm posting at least once a day, usually 3 times and commenting on posts I genuinely find interesting.
I think I already follow @papa-pepper but will check.
The only thing I've got "wrong" from your lists, perhaps, is being overly concerned with the upvoting part. This week I'll just upvote whenever I think a post/comment deserves it and not worry about the stats.
"Yes, I'm saying they're wrong... but as politely as I can." I love it!
Have a fun day 😍
P.S. I think this reply would make a great post in it's own right.
Thanks! Maybe I will!
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This comment is even more useful than the actual post! Thank you very much, @improv
Thanks. Yeah, the post is mainly just to correct a common and oft repeated falsehood. This comment is advice. :)