So it has almost been 10 days since Hard Fork 19 rolled out and we are enjoying a new sense of self reliance. Since we went to linear rewards our votes are actually worth something. I'm still in total support of this change and in my opinion this is what is going to move the platform forward. Now you can see up above a screenshot from SteemViz and my average pending payout / post is 23.96 Steem Dollars. Right when we hit Hard Fork 19 I took a screenshot and my average was 87.58 Steem Dollars / post. That is a huge decrease. Now I'm only getting about 1/3 the rewards.
So the thing to note is that before HF 19 everyone was voting the old way. Went the hard fork went into effect funds were reallocated so since I had a lot of votes by people who weren't as powerful I had a big earnings jump. one of the things I have realized is that my minimum payout for the most part has increased. Before I felt like my minimum post payout was around $5 and now it is around $10 but then my post that get paid out the most aren't going as high. Overall for the platform I think this is a good thing because the payouts are getting spread around a lot better.
Also a big thing is that some people still haven't figured out how to manage their voting power at this point. I'm one of those people in some respects. I have usually been between 20% and 30% voting power this whole time.
I have been going hog wild on the voting but I think that is a good thing. Before Hard Fork 19 my power stayed between 60 and 70% but ever since then it has been crushed.
Conclusion
In my situation my full vote is worth over a dollar but with my power smashed like this I'm only able to give myself $0.25 when I post. Now imagine the users who have a vote worth $100. If their power is smashed like that and they are only going to be able to pay themselves $25 instead of $100 that is a huge difference. It might be the same percentage difference but I'm not going to miss the $0.75 as much as they are going to miss the $75. Those differences can change a persons life across multiple posts / day.
Ultimately we aren't getting as many bot votes because people are trying to figure out how to best manage it. I know some users have had to turn their bots off to recover their power and try to find the sweet spot. I might have to make some adjustments as well. I feel like to get a good gauge on how all this is going to work we are almost going to have to wait another couple of weeks to see a better look at the stats. Once we get a better handle on our voting power situation we will be able to track voting behavior better. This first week is a little thrown off because of the excitement and massive voting that first day and then we have had a hangover period.
Have any of you Steemians noticed any differences in your earnings / post?
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