My New Initiative to help Alleviate Bandwidth Issues for new Steemians!
One of the problems that new Steemians run into is the inability to Post, Comment or Vote due to the Bandwidth issues that the platform is dealing with due to the increase in users. Because new users have a very low initial SP, they also have a lower initial available Bandwidth than more established users.
There are two ways to deal with Bandwidth issues:
Do Less stuff on Steem. For Younger Steemians this typically is going to mean Less upvotes. We tend to get started and not understand that we can't just go around upvoting everything. We have to keep our voting under control so that we have enough bandwidth to do stuff like posting and commenting. The things that other Steemians can give us upvotes for to increase our own vote values.
Buy more Steem. You can invest in your own Steem future and buy Steem that you power up, this will increase your Bandwidth and allow you to do more on the platform. But lets face it, a lot of people here can't afford to buy Steem for one reason or another.
The keys right now are to know that:
- Every user has a limited amount of bandwidth.
- Most of the time this should not affect users.
- Sometimes (usually during busy times), users may run into limits if they have been transacting a lot.
- If users wait for a little while, their bandwidth should recharge, or their limit will go back up.
- Users also have the option to buy more SP if they want increased limits.
See his full post here: https://steemit.com/bandwidth/@timcliff/steem-bandwidth-user-experience-issue
The Fresh Five Delegation Offer
Here's what we will be doing. We are asking Steemians to go out and go through the Introduceyourself Posts and bring us new Steemians we should highlight in our Daily Fresh Five Digest. Each week there will be a new "Curation Post" where you can share the links to posts that you feel deserve to be included in the digest. 
At the end of the week, Adam and I will go through the posts that were curated for us and pick the Three we are most excited about and award the Steemian who brought us that content with a 50 SP Delegation for 3 weeks. This small delegation should be enough to help new Steemians avoid most Bandwidth issues when used within reason.
How It Works
Go Out into the Introduceyourself Tag and find a great new aspiring Steemian for us to highlight.
New Steemians are defined as a user with Reputation under 35, who is posting to the introduceyourself tag for the first time.
Posts should be under 24 hours old.
Posts should stand out from the rest for their uniqueness or effort. We are looking for exceptional people we want to really foster to stick with Steem and grow with us.
Bring the link to the post you wish to nominate back to this post and comment below. You can just drop the link, but a short explanation of why you feel this particular Steemian should be featured will certainly help your cause.
All are welcome to participate, but only Steemians with under 50 SP of their own will be eligible to receive the delegation. If we feel one of the best nominations of the week comes from a Steemian with more than 50 SP we will allow them to gift the delegation to a Steemian of their choice with under 50 SP (Maybe they choose to nominate the new Steemian whose post won them the delegation rights).
Please limit yourself to one nomination per day. We want the best of the best. You need to weigh which new Steemian you find really surpasses all the rest.
But you Said 600 Steem Power!
I Sure Did! But Three winners a week, with 50 SP each is only 150 SP! Also True!
Here's how it plays out. To maximize the effectiveness I could have for each Steemian, and still have weekly awards, this is how it works out to my SP -
Week 1 - 3 winners - 150 SP out
Week 2 - 3 winners - 150SP + 150 Week 1 SP = 300 SP Out
Week 3 - 3 Winners - 150SP + 300 Previous = 450SP Out
Week 4 - 3 Winners - 150SP + 300 Week 2 & 3 winners, Week 1 winners drop off but SP goes into 7 day recovery. 600 Total SP Out
Week 5 - Week 1 SP recovered and given to 3 new winners, Week 2 SP goes into recovery.
So there's how it goes. Bring us your new Steemians to feature! We want to highlight some awesome people coming on to the platform!
This will act as the curation post for week 1. Post your links below, and look for your favorite introduceyourself post in the newest version of the Fresh 5 Digest!!!