Hello Steemsilvergold.
All delegations and liquid donations have stopped coming in and we have crunched the numbers and came up with the final percentages that we will trail for 1 week. We have decided to go in low and hope that we can maintain the voting power we have now at around 85% which is a good solid number and the bot's target outlined in the terms. With the new copper level being added, we have had a few members upgrade to get a bigger upvote. Let's just jump into it, shame we? I blah blah enough in the video's i post.
For this month, we have factored in a 100% self vote to 
Quick Rundown
17 Gold Members
10 Silver Members
12 Copper Members
20 Bronze Members
12 Lead Members
71 Contributing Members and 80 Base Members
5 New Members
14 Upgraded Mebers
3 Downgraded Members
129 Unchanged members
41,100 SP delegated and 630 liquid STEEM collected
86.96% Voting Power
109,415 total STEEM power
Upvoting percentages for August
You's will notice that all levels apart from gold has dropped a little bit. This is direct result of cutting the base upvote to 1% (bad thing) and changing the liquid STEEM donation contribution from 4.5% down to 4% (good thing). In a nut shell, everyone no matter the level lost 1% when we decided to cut the base rate. The reason all level's expect gold are now down a little less than 1% is because of the change from 4.5% to 4% (good thing). I understand alot of you may have no idea what it all means and your just wanting to know why your upvote percetnage has gone down a little. 14 upgrades, 3 new gold members and a base rate cut. We only get 1200% to vote with everyday and we are already and we are pushing it already.
| Contributor Level | Upvote Percentage |
|---|---|
| Gold Level | 52.00% |
| Silver Level | 21.40% |
| Copper Level (NEW) | 11.20% |
| Bronze Level | 6.10% |
| Lead Level | 3.04% |
| Member Level | 1% |
As it Stands
We thought we would post up the master excel sheet this month. It gives everyone the chance to ensure they are receving the correct upvote based on your contribution.
Lets make no bones about it folks, im not one for sugar coating my words. Things have been really shit the past few months in relation to post payouts as a whole. We were getting around 12STU upvotes for gold when Precious started but the with the SBD to STEEM ratio falling back in proper sync, reality is kicking in and our 7 month free ride is over. I only see a future were Precious can accept liquid donations as long as we are running raffles, contests and collecting upvotes from daily posts. As the price of STEEM cotinutes to fall, it gets harder every month the pay for leases. The thing with most of our important leases is they are set up privately and missing a weekly payment is like breaking a gentleman's handshake and could result in losing a good lease at a good rate. Im not saying anything will change at all, im just saying that there is alot happens behind the scene's that affects the bot's performance that we have not control over.
