It may be psychological or just a feeling of a minor accomplishment, but my voting strength is now worth a whole penny!
Starting out on steemit with no investment in the platform can be slightly demoralizing. You want to get out there and curate some blogs and upvote your newly minted friends, yet you know the reward you're bestowing will not move the needle one bit.
I had been powering up all rewards that I received. I had a few posts that were monetarily successful, yet I had no visible authority in the way I voted. Humans need instant gratification sometimes. What's less gratifying then trying to give something to someone yet there is no evidence that the gift ever existed.
After making a modest investment into Steem Power, I now command the authority of a full penny.
It may be silly on my part, but having a visceral effect on the curation process does affect self-esteem in a small way. It always felt mildly depressing to upvote a comment, that had no votes, and leave them with one vote and a big, fat zero in the dollar value counter.
Those days are behind me. Steem On!
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