Yep! It's that time of the month again. It's my Steem Monthsary and a good time to look back to what I have done during the last month and to show off some of my so-called "little" progress while I was in here.
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Probably the highlight of this month was when I officially became a minnow and is now a proud hodler of over 1 Million Vests or around 500 natural Steem Power still without investing any real money on Steem. Yep! I'm quite proud of these achievement as I sometimes see this platform as one whole big video game. The grinding is quite addictive :)
Anyway, I've already done a quick summary post about it just this week so to avoid being too repetitive, I highly encourage everyone to take a quick look on my Steem Journey so far to which you can read in here: I am now officially a part of the STEEM 1 percenter! My Steem Journey so Far.
Quick Summary of my Progress
| Month | Steem Power | Reputation | Followers |
|---|---|---|---|
| February | 41 | 52 | 250 |
| March | 84 | 54.7 | 355 |
| April | 130 | 56.38 | 485 |
| May | 246 | 59.2 | 612 |
| June | 360 | 60.4 | 801 |
| July | 554 | 61.28 | 837 |
Anyway, the past month was one hell of a roller coaster ride as I had been experimenting with new things. To start with, exactly 45 days ago I've partially stopped using bidbots as I shifted from relying on the 
They do claim it's all about quality of the post but part of me still thinks that atm it's still mostly random. I still do use bidbots at least once a week on my 
Steem Power
I now have a natural Steem Power of 554, an increase of 194 from last months 360. While this may seem too impressive at first look, it is worth noting that two months ago I received 100 STEEM from 
Truth be told I was expecting a far lower number as I have partially stopped using bid-bots this month and it looks like those platform votes have been missing too much my posts. So to get an increase of +94 SP is really interesting.
And so I took a quick look as to how much in total did I receive from those platform votes I used this month.
I guess I love
Anyway, neoxian is still my top contributor for this month with around $62.55 this month. WOW Many thanks Mr. Dragon! As to the Shrine, it's still on progress lol And I also did get another full vote from a orca/whale 
Reputation
I now have a reputation of 61.28, an increase of 0.88 from last months 60.4.
Followers
I now have 837 followers, an increase of only 36 from last months 801. I have somewhat expected this to happen since my posts are no longer sitting at "Hot" or even "Trending" on some tags as I have partially stopped using bid bots.
Still a little disappointed though, where are all those bot makers? And why are newbies only following people with large payouts? Ha ha :)
What's New?
12 days ago, I've finally been accepted to the 
I also joined 
And have also used the DustSweeper service to which I highly encourage everyone to use. Once my delegation is removed, you guys would need it so that my teeny weeny votes won't become dust lol You can read it all here: DustSweeper - Turn Dust into Profit!
Posted from my blog with SteemPress : http://jlordc.vornix.blog/2018/07/28/seventh-month-on-steem-my-progress-so-far/