<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 10:32:21 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/hardfork19/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Should I stay or should I go? 🤔]]></title><description><![CDATA[After 6 months on Steemit, I have hit a brick wall. Some of my earlier posts on yoga and meditation did well and were picked up by @curie. My interest however, has been focused on mostly artists and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@fleur/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@fleur/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fleur]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Aug 2017 20:34:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVeun9aXund8NeDNZNuHjkXSajJrizGoj9qMsNaptZbGUNqKmeZgDw9dKVbGwaRcrAM3RKw1pkB5Dtsg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Get Out and Rock the Vote!]]></title><description><![CDATA[To all the new people on Steemit, remember that your vote counts. Don't be a hoarder and maintain your vote strength in the 90's, get out there and vote on your fellow content creators' excellent work.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/upvote/@wakeupsheeps/get-out-and-rock-the-vote</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/upvote/@wakeupsheeps/get-out-and-rock-the-vote</guid><category><![CDATA[upvote]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[wakeupsheeps]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2017 17:05:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PdDH5Qm26d59anGoNJjako1RGbRLPQzyr2KztU1fVPs9fXCkb3F5Q8LeyHeK9P7Q9T8YfLEKb7tutn6oqa6wTbJYnNCUxVk7M6N?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[RePost: Another Witness Speaks - His Reactions to HF 19 -]]></title><description><![CDATA[Linear Rewards, Vote Strength, Changes in Payouts, Self Voting, etc.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hardfork19/@everittdmickey/repost-another-witness-speaks-his-reactions-to-hf-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hardfork19/@everittdmickey/repost-another-witness-speaks-his-reactions-to-hf-19</guid><category><![CDATA[hardfork19]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[everittdmickey]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2017 20:43:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXYkpzYxThnm121HtnAeNUoBiX8tbsfArzbaY8TQiWkDiju9uhrpna3ZZk5SRvGFqbHsq7mLTkmc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The contentious issue of self-upvoting]]></title><description><![CDATA[Well who yet hasn't had their say on this? It seems like every three or four days since the implementation of Hardfork 19, I'm seeing a post in my feed expressing one view or another, swinging either in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@mstaader/the-contentious-issue-of-self-upvoting</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@mstaader/the-contentious-issue-of-self-upvoting</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[mstaader]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2017 13:10:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVf3saGoNfHkCeSzu8vwZt7D24Mx3YTCvWJVSg9WUaKeZ3Jdi87sEwyVpBknennX7TLmxCAiCGGB3MT4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Steem Price Determining Rewards Pool?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Steem Price Determining Rewards Pool? Is it me or does the price of steem makes the rewards payouts pool shrink daily? The price of steem on the steemit exchange is 1.74 per steem and all rewards are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steemitnow222/steem-price-determining-rewards-pool</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@steemitnow222/steem-price-determining-rewards-pool</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[steemitnow222]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 23:46:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[HAS OUR UPVOTES LOST POWER OR THERE IS ANOTHER EXPLANATION...DID HARFORK 19 REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF OUR VOTES ON POSTS??]]></title><description><![CDATA[I have been observing some trend on Steemit recently and I want you to help me with some answers. May the Steemit developers and community take this as a “concern and not an opposition”. And I want those]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@patrickpeace/has-our-upvotes-lost-power-or-there-is-another-explanation-did-harfork-19-reduce-the-effects-of-our-votes-on-posts</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@patrickpeace/has-our-upvotes-lost-power-or-there-is-another-explanation-did-harfork-19-reduce-the-effects-of-our-votes-on-posts</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[patrickpeace]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 17:21:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy26BKwjwnWPVm6sfVR2xwtN3oRqNoeaMELFac3C5sA9wxBwBsmwHReq83QMhvWKwWJKen5eyg5PKUNodqTn1zqFZoKC8FdWunCUWL8gdU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to Lose Newcomers and Alienate Your Followers  (With One YouTube Post).]]></title><description><![CDATA[Be Careful Out There Kids! The Internet Can Be A Dangerous Place. And then there's Steemit Inc. & it's "Big Dogs". You can choose to take the next thing I am going to tell you any way you]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@sornprar/how-to-lose-newcomers-and-alienate-your-followers-with-one-youtube-post</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@sornprar/how-to-lose-newcomers-and-alienate-your-followers-with-one-youtube-post</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sornprar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2017 01:57:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/8SzwQc8j2KJb4ARrxQxCjX4jizub4U5CAK3WwB89ptPLGJjaecogZcc3sttrqQga6KshBvpYZZQEMPy1CLPkpSDsoiXmxxKGQWXDCQZjhYUr3VZ72NJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Norm Here - Invest Your Cash and Time So Malicious Whales Can Suck the Rewards Pool Dry With Their Habitual Self-Upvoting.  Good Luck With That!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Anyone who would actually invest any hard earned fiat currency or crypto into this system just so habitual self-upvoting Whales (and malicious accounts that have been here a long time) can suck the rewards]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@sornprar/the-norm-here-invest-your-cash-and-time-so-malicious-whales-can-suck-the-rewards-pool-dry-good-luck-with-that</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@sornprar/the-norm-here-invest-your-cash-and-time-so-malicious-whales-can-suck-the-rewards-pool-dry-good-luck-with-that</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[sornprar]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 03 Jul 2017 15:14:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/AmRc67RgYaWVEa5TxnoPRiGMS1Ae6MyfiK8oyuuduVqAVES7XExeLq1HjEh4Ro2MwEZ359rtkw53UrnQuEB1Y9VC57LCJiZkSM6BgR3YchLJLZTwfhv6TSzWip3eyFREEw28Djfn6icZh5iyCCxp7YuzQj1ucW86?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hardfork19 - A catch 22  -why is the minnows voting less?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Since hardfork19 I read a lot of posts about this. After that first day or two when some of our posts made good money or at least much more than some that only made pennies, I think all Steemians were]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@hope777/hardfork19-a-catch-22-why-is-the-minnows-voting-less</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@hope777/hardfork19-a-catch-22-why-is-the-minnows-voting-less</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hope777]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2017 11:08:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4i88GgaV8qiGEw1xifwYz2xp7RJEnNpBZq7dn2K5yTDqimdDZqokZkoia4cuuRiSjKBqnmTGQJodXPHKwKnRoYKSUP1qtbdyQHCvUeNRSBTzc4E3L94bQQikEr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[VotePower Drainage - Still Feeling Weird after HF19 - Why I'll start voting via chainbb]]></title><description><![CDATA[Votingpower keeps going down it's never going to go back up if I continue like this Enough Complaints Ok, we've had enough of the post hardfork whims about voting habits. I still refuse to change my habits]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/chainbb/@fraenk/votepower-drainage-still-feeling-weird-after-hf19-why-i-ll-start-voting-via-chainbb</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/chainbb/@fraenk/votepower-drainage-still-feeling-weird-after-hf19-why-i-ll-start-voting-via-chainbb</guid><category><![CDATA[chainbb]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fraenk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jun 2017 21:22:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2gsjgna1uruvUuS7ndh9YqVwYGPLVszbFLwwpAYXa472YRZnXerkGJJ3dbFRPF4757FzW5PGAY2iajfSdDUJ7P7PdbpTS9Vux4wBtJxw7vLLunWVdx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[State of the Blog #2: Hardfork 19 One Week Later - The Good, The Bad, The Ugly]]></title><description><![CDATA[Gotta check them thar Steem valves! There can be no denying the fact that, for most of us, hardfork 19 (codenamed: "Equality", which I thought was pretty cool) was a really, really good thing.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sotb/@jenkinrocket/state-of-the-blog-2-hardfork-19-one-week-later-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sotb/@jenkinrocket/state-of-the-blog-2-hardfork-19-one-week-later-the-good-the-bad-the-ugly</guid><category><![CDATA[sotb]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jenkinrocket]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jun 2017 18:06:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/k75bsZMwYNtze9xHvSsXonL5kwerktDMoUamZoN7R4mk2kHEuW7QdW6AL5RN5AVVVtAnNigLxoZQdxuPDJ62Tm94F8xrrqGkn7jbN9bo4ot2Wm6AdeeNVqqXkKsp9d3bfLjggpMPSRf1ArryQ1RcYH6ZmPNXKMzqM?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[THE PERILS OF HARDFORK19- A Tiny Fish's observation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please Note: This post is not in any way faulting HF19 and the decisions to implement it, it is illustrating the attitude of the community since the implementation of the fantastic update to Steemit. Image]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@oluwoleolaide/the-perils-of-hardfork19-a-tiny-fish-s-observation</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@oluwoleolaide/the-perils-of-hardfork19-a-tiny-fish-s-observation</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[oluwoleolaide]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Jun 2017 12:28:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/TZjG7hXReeVthqpTJZmwvzsLcvMeG4TU4Gjdfy25u8qD37Qfw1vUr789ijTvbZtPfQWuhTbAFEzYaRACdBsUKAeevLJvPJoPVhTnxtFjPxtVhktsHVVKffp26e1qDXsxwhwzMcvVPkjaw8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Jungle Pics + 2 Contests from a Minnow for Minnows and Plankton! :D]]></title><description><![CDATA[Not sure what kind of flowers these are, but they sure are beautiful. Anyone know what they are? And here is a picture of the tree they are from. :-) Okay, I do not know what kind of tree that is, either.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@magick323/new-jungle-pics-contest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@magick323/new-jungle-pics-contest</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[magick323]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 22:51:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHVQPjDcGkFxELgGtwNAntRtiqDuEyxzsudfHTFEvEzgbq49BH3Daq8tVYrX1AfJp7BUJ8WcpX5dPoaB9eWiZFz23PUVgRA1LKFVH26LUcmCuxMKXXE1Fqu4zCCGRtgyc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A minnow's view on hardfork19 🍴]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bot vs manual voting Before hf19, I had experimented with using bot voting as well as manual voting. My vote counted for only about one cent however, so the curation rewards were usually very low. With]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@fleur/a-minnow-s-view-on-hardfork19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@fleur/a-minnow-s-view-on-hardfork19</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fleur]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:17:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVe6JNWavTw5oYGbL9MmFJAu6BtBfg8e69Nr7bp7A8SwjypjoXth8Z13Z3u7bGLDovDt8wJuEHoCTTGz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[IS ANYONE ELSE FRUSTRATED BY THIS?  Did HF19 really do anything for the minnows]]></title><description><![CDATA[So HF19 happened and at first it seemed great! More voting power for us little minnows and guppies---yaay! But then the catch. Now apparently we can only vote about 10 times per day before depleting our]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@eyeofthestorm/is-anyone-else-frustrated-by-this-did-hf19-really-do-anything-for-the-minnows</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@eyeofthestorm/is-anyone-else-frustrated-by-this-did-hf19-really-do-anything-for-the-minnows</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[eyeofthestorm]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2923mN3pnd7PrxqAS8My84z8QnDpEsSBnKFsBYXvnAJ6Pq2BQV8c3ruFTB9nnqzNSwNY5AQ8qYAJzTxxQq6czKM7RCn78vMzDdtrBeWt7rkudg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Self-voting after HF 19]]></title><description><![CDATA[How it looks like on Steemit: How it feels like: How others see it: How your wallet sees it: How minnows think about it: How the developers see it: GIFs source:]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@hagbardceline/self-voting-after-hf-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@hagbardceline/self-voting-after-hf-19</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[hagbardceline]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 11:41:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/qjrE4yyfw5pQYiuVvgYiUBP16WHGGN7UNn1BCdGdzwBnzGSEXQbwEDdzX18jTX3uhgUnLrAuGscnAuKm974Tm6YzPgGoFGgPKcQYULrTmCwwweGLkhxqW8gn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[😜Go Outside, Get Some Fresh Air, Be Creative!]]></title><description><![CDATA[I know the rewards since HF19 are keeping us tied to our screens, but do yourselves a favor and take a walk, be creative and breathe some fresh air. It's mid summer and the world is big, colourful and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hardfork19/@fraenk/go-outside-get-some-fresh-air-be-creative</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hardfork19/@fraenk/go-outside-get-some-fresh-air-be-creative</guid><category><![CDATA[hardfork19]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[fraenk]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 10:26:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3W72119s5BjWPGGUiZ9pqnZoj8JHYxCCp9dtn2QVgUk7i1DvF1wVDZKeABAz4vkoTgqPHGJjTMbpNTej9ePeeCsaQsVpL5UYE4QUMc2ToNDz2FPV4zfCBx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[HF 19 and the question of self-voting. / HF 19 und die Frage bezüglich Selbstvotes.]]></title><description><![CDATA[English I have just read a very interesting article by @dirkzett on the subject of HF 19. It was about whether it was legitimate to upvote ones own comments or not, a topic that is gaining in importance]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@jaki01/hf-19-and-the-question-of-self-voting-hf19-und-die-frage-bezueglich-selbstvotes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@jaki01/hf-19-and-the-question-of-self-voting-hf19-und-die-frage-bezueglich-selbstvotes</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[jaki01]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 23 Jun 2017 00:43:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FUkUE5bzkAZT3HzV5tJDiU2ik81PCd4JCyhWnRcDN8XJsVFY3UNB8DCWYAhyhvmdmPwscTLVmXfv5mGsMgQzTkJaU8npupE5H8WD7UbaHb4uzFnXB2qyd7fqxK9pE3QJkQVG5HAjuDtXswby6W4DPxbPds9JmP3n3WR4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Will Hard Fork 19 Cause Users To be More Stingy With Their Upvotes?]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the implementation of Hard Fork 19, a lot of minnows like me have noticed much higher payouts on their posts, and that's awesome! And each upvote is now worth much more than it was. But with these]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@lyonsolntsev/will-hard-fork-19-cause-users-to-be-more-stingy-with-their-upvotes</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@lyonsolntsev/will-hard-fork-19-cause-users-to-be-more-stingy-with-their-upvotes</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[lyonsolntsev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 23:25:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2FFvzA2zeqoVZ5NRzV2o8MyJEzowAL6rjbt8w3dTHbNfLvRriwPSTsTJ9ADRSP6Ft8S1buRCNakxNYCrVJg58eUeBhr5gXkNhqphCDsKb8wL5dfRszAPhEgY2Zs42?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[STEEMITMENT...the undiscovered truth on dealing with Hardfork 19!!!]]></title><description><![CDATA[With the introduction of Hardfork 19many people are now struggling on how to beat it and continue making money out of curation and author rewards. Their activities on Steemit have depleted and so their]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@patrickpeace/steemitment-the-undiscovered-truth-on-dealing-with-hardfork-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/steemit/@patrickpeace/steemitment-the-undiscovered-truth-on-dealing-with-hardfork-19</guid><category><![CDATA[steemit]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[patrickpeace]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 13:09:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/cyxkEVqiiLyAJMrzqHfWLT7YbdgoprDQGwdeDRwrcrf4wVEAXu7w2Aq2QLeizkG1vWD5RH1M3D167qw5UPsv68nuj8ibkHuo3he5baUA9Dy6fFPo45dcXVaBGdXP71Nixwx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>