Earning on the backs of whales. Not a bad bot.

There is something out there - Pay for votes gizmos. I never played with them before.

source: steemd.com

At least I hadn't until today.

I am going to share some info that's a bit over the top.

I am not advocating Hive account@booster or Hive account@randowhale, but something has just developed around them.

First off, if the icons and images you are seeing look funny, let me explain something.

The URL or http address at the top of each browser tab can be changed and each of the below addresses will give you a different site. A different view of something related to Steemit. The first one is where you are now - in Steemit. Others are different ways to look at other info or interfaces by just changing certain letters of that address. (use your user name instead of mine to see these other sites with your stats. The second one listed, 'steemd', is where these screen shots are taken from. It shows voting power and who voted on you, who you voted on recently, etc.

Compare:

https://steemit.com/@sponge-bob
https://steemd.com/@sponge-bob <-- Images from this one - try it with your username
https://steemdb.com/@sponge-bob
https://busy.org/@sponge-bob

I read about a new bot from Hive account@intertia today

It is supposed to guess, or rather "know" when a whale is going to vote on a post, then it votes before the whale does.

lucky Luke

Here is a screenshot of a post from Hive account@intertia - very technical in how to get the bot and configure it. I am not sure if I could get it working or not, but I wanted to see if there are people using it. I am a hands on guy. I figured I would toss a few SBD's around and see if anyone votes for me before the pay-for-votes bot does.

For new comers, your vote is worth more and more based on how many people vote after you do. If whales vote right after you do, your rewards go up significantly. But how do you know when a whale will vote on a certain post? You don't.

Unless someone requested a vote and paid for it!

Paying for a vote

The pay for vote bots allow you to send them a dollar (SBD) or more if you like. Then when the bot has 100% voting power, it votes on everyone who donated. The post being voted on is placed in the memo portion of your transfer to the bot. Hive account@booster is one of them and I experimented with that one today.

Hive account@inertia's creation

LuckyLuke watches for transfers to Hive account@booster. When it sees a transfer and finds the post that will be voted on, it votes on that post automatically before the whale does (in this case Hive account@booster is the whale).

I am not saying you need to install LuckyLuke

You can, however, use all this info to your advantage! This LuckyLuke bot came out 6 days ago. There are large SP holders already using it to "front run" Hive account@booster and others.

What I am saying. You get more votes than just the one from Hive account@booster

Here is the proof

I tried it today and was surprised to find automatic votes coming in way before Hive account@booster was scheduled to vote for me!

This is an image from https://steemd.com/@sponge-bob - where I sent 5 SBD to Hive account@booster

Things happen from the bottom up - or newest things appear at the top.

Above you can see that I got 13 votes after sending my donation...

I can only assume these are the people using LuckyLuke to vote just before Hive account@booster does. You can also see at the top that Hive account@booster came through on his promise to give me a fairly nice vote.

I made about $10.00 on the thirteen votes (LuckyLuke users?)
Then I got $9.00 more when Hive account@booster gave me his vote (the one I paid for)

Just to make sure it's not a random thing - I tried it again.

There is also a tool out by @blueorgythat tells you how many people have requested upvotes from Hive account@booster. It also estimates what you might make depending on what you have donated.

Here is a screenshot

I have to run

I will be in and out all day. I will try to stop in and answer/vote on comments as I do.

I hope this is something that will help you. Receiving votes is not only about money. It's what ups your reputation as well.

Edit 7/25/17

I was not really interested in running a bot, but I did do some manual voting ahead of booster. While looking for worthy posts in the list of users I found this...

I say - Always follow the money.

Find me at @spongebobcrypto on twitter or on bitchute