Very rarely do I see my Voting Power sitting so high so it is a definite give away my feed is quieter than normal. Normally at this time of the evening I would average being between 84% and 88%.
Those of us who have been on HIVE for many years know HIVE activity is influenced by how well or how badly the HIVE price is doing. With the crypto market crashing the other day I have been dreading seeing those who I follow posting less. This makes no real sense as when the HIVE price drops there is more HIVE to earn.
I can recall a few years ago ok maybe 4 or 5 to be precise that I noticed my biggest growth spurt was when HIVE was at it's lowest and you only really notice after it has passed. Those are the times you look on HIVE fondly even though having a higher HIVE price is also a great feeling.
What makes no sense is we know the key to growth is consistency and that means you remain active even if HIVE is at $0.05c or $5 as it should make no difference. The reality and truth is you will earn more HIVE when it is at a lower price versus a high price. I am sure those that remain active no matter what the markets are doing understand this growth concept.
I have some auto votes set and out of choice tend to do more manual curation these days, but rarely do I see a vote percentage close to 95% at the end of my day. This is when I spend the most time to read posts and curate and one of the most enjoyable relaxing times to catch up on others in the community. I tend to have a rule that for every vote whether automated or manual I will still read that post whether I comment or not. I do need to comment more and one area I need to get back and make a habit of doing this.
When the HIVE price drops like it has you will notice the posts you had already published will have risen in HIVE value and gives an extra boost for the last 7 days. I had a look this evening and guesstimate my extras are worth an additional 50 HIVE which is a bonus. Posts that were worth $10 last week so $5 for the author and $5 for curators would have generated you roughly 13.5 HIVE stake and 16 HIVE liquid as HBD ($2.5). That same post amount of $10 will now be worth 16.HIVE and $2,6 HBD. This is roughly an extra 25% HIVE and why it pays to remain active more so when the price drops.
The HIVE rewards pool does not decrease in value and is just shared out by whoever is active. The upside when you are new and growing is you are more visible and the chances of finding more followers during this time is a major plus. Everyone's feeds would have less activity so there are extra votes up for grabs for curation. This is an important time for every account on HIVE if they are serious about growing and instead of doing less we should all be doing more making up for the less active users by picking up the slack.