A well written and informative article. Three questions I have 1) How high numerically does the reputation score system go? I have seen a 77 before as in Papa Pepper for example but does it go higher? 2) When I upvote a post or comment, where does the money come to play for my upvote? Is it subtracted from my account balance? 3) How does one change how much they wish to upvote a post? I tried this on steemnow and moved the slide but it did not affect it as my upvote remained the same. Thanks again and look forward to your reply.
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We have a lot to talk about so I would invite you to ping me on discord (same username as Steemit) or facebook messenger.
Meanwhile, I'll answer your questions.
I have come across various opinions and information about the highest and the lowest possible reputation score. That's why I haven't included that part. 75 and -25 were perceived to be the extremes, and 25 being the middle ground to start at. But @steemsports has 78 reputation. I personally think the code allows any reparation number but achieving it would be hell of a task. Going from 25 to 80 is 10^54 times harder than going from 25 to 26. Each next number, positive or negative, is 10x harder to achieve.
It comes from reward pool which comes from annual inflation. Nothing is deducted from your account except 2 % voting power for a full vote. Read Steemit Reward System 101 for clear understanding.
Changing voting percentage requires 500 SP on Steemit. You can set a lower percentage on eSteem app or you can use Busy.org where 500 SP is not required for vote slider. The slider is inbuilt and appears when you vote.
I have answered your questions but please do contact. I have important discussion in mind regarding your account balances and how you can get a voting slider in just a few seconds.
The highest possible rating is infinite based on the calculation, however the amount of necessary work reaches an amount that is unmanageable. To give you some basic idea. To go from rep 28-43 it takes 10x the raw reputation points that it takes to get from rep 25-28. At that point it gets to where it takes about double the work (you have already done cumulatively) to reach 9 more levels.
1000000000 = level 25
10000000000 = level 28
100000000000 = level 43
1000000000000 = level 52
10000000000000 = level 61
100000000000000 = level 70
At this point you double your overall work to reach 9 levels higher. So a person can gain an infinite amount of reputation points (unless there is a cap) However, for a person who has a level of 70, it is going to take a total of double the amount of work he has already put in up to this date to reach level 79