Hi people on Steemit, new visitors to the platform, new users on steemit, minnows, dolphins, whales and the entire community,
Before starting I wanted to give huge thanks to all readers, for all your comments, questions and suggestions, as well as ideas, and all contributions you have been doing.
As of today (within 3 weeks of its launch) the 11 chapters full steemit guide was able to reach 3,500+ people/hands, and over 370 comments combined on the first 6 chapters.
Hopefuly it continuous to reach more people that can benefit from it, to understand as much and fast as possible about Steemit and thus help them make their way on the platform, and contribute for the growth of the entire community.
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This 7th post/Chapter is to help new visitors and new people on the steemit platform to learn about "When and How to use Voting bots to upvote Quality Posts that you would like to be reached by more people - And how important bots like Cheetah are helping avoid Plagiarism". It is a part of a larger series of 11 Posts/Chapters plus some Bonus chapters that will be released later on. The Steemit platform and steem blockchain is eveolving every second, and its a never ending learning process, and very exciting for all of us to have the possibility to be on this piece of history!.
Before starting this new chapter #7, in case you would prefer to read the introductory (1st Chapter), and the 2nd Chapter, as well as the 3rd Chapter/post, the 4th Chapter, Chapter #5, and Chapter #6, here are the links and brief description of what you will read/learn on them:
Chapter 1 of 11: Have you recently Sign up on Steemit and Don't know what to do First - Basic Things for New People make their way easier on the Platform - Part 1: What you need to know to be more confident & get rewarded on the platform?
https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-1-of-11-have-you-recently-sign-up-on-steemit-and-don-t-know-what-to-do-first-basic-things-for-new-people-make-their-way
Chapter 2 of 11: Focusing on the Details of the Steem Wallet to learn as much as possible How to use it - Transfer Steem SBD - Convert it to ETH LTC Bitcoin or other Crypto - This is part 2 of the 11 Chapters (Full Guide) to help new people make their way.
https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-2-of-11-focusing-on-the-details-of-the-steem-wallet-to-learn-as-much-as-possible-how-to-use-it-transfer-steem-sbd
Chapter 3 of 11: Understanding Where the Funds from Upvotes come from, Focusing on Steem Power & Reward Pool - This is part 3 of the 11 Chapters (Full Guide) to help new people make their way
https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-3-of-11-understanding-where-the-funds-from-upvotes-come-from-focusing-on-steem-power-and-reward-pool-this-is-part-3-of
Chapter 4 of 11: Understanding How to Keep our Steemit and Steem Cryptocurrency Account Safe - How to Use the 5 Different Passwords - This is part 4 of the 11 Chapters (Full Guide) to help new people make their way
https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-4-of-11-understanding-how-to-keep-our-steemit-and-steem-cryptocurrency-account-safe-how-to-use-the-5-different-passwords
Chapter 5 of 11: Learning some of the many "Other ways to Earn Rewards on the Steemit Platform & Steem Blockchain" - This is part 5 of the 11 Chapters (Full Guide) to help new people make their way on Steemit
https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-5-of-11-learning-some-of-the-many-other-ways-to-earn-rewards-on-the-steemit-platform-and-steem-blockchain-this-is-part-5
Chapter 6 of 11: Learning about "The Vision of its Creators, & the Power of the Steem Blockchain (Current Huge Developments and the ones in Process)" - This is part 6 of the 11 Chapters (Full Guide) to help new people make their way on Steemit
https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-6-of-11-learning-about-the-vision-of-its-creators-and-the-power-of-the-steem-blockchain-current-huge-developments-and
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Special Thanks for Important People that are supporting to make the 11 Chapter full Steemit Guide be reached to the most people hands
Before starting I wanted to add 1 last thing. I want to give a big shout of appreciation for all of my followers, and several steemians, as well as 
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In case you are a whale, dolphin, plankton and you enjoy reading the series of posts/chapters, or with your personal knowledge and experience see this guide as useful for new visitors, new steemit users, minnows, and other steemians, your support to help this new chapter reach as many hands as possible , is greatly appreciated.
[Important Note: At the end of this Post you will find the Chapters Index, were you can find detailed information of any of the topics you would like to learn]
My main aim here with this full Steemit guide of 11 Chapters is to give new visitors, new users on steemit, minnows, (and for the ones that have been here for a week or 2 and are struggling to earn some rewards), all the needed information to help them understand the steemit platform and steem blockchain as much as possible and as easier as possible, and thus help them make their way on Steemit. This means at the end, more people achieving success on steem, more stories for the world that steem is achieving freedom and empowering people, as well as returning the power to the hands of people. This are the aims of its creator 
So, for those of you who have been here for less than 20 or 30 days, on behalf of the steemit community, let me extend in a LOUD VOICE, a big WELCOME to you.
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My aim is to help people understand: the most important concepts, the actions they will do on the platform, the things that they will interact with, learn about the entire ecosystem were steem is being developed, as well as give them some personal advice on how to contribute with the steemit community by adding value, and thus earn rewards.
Since there are lots of things to learn on Steemit and the steem blockchain (and you will see its a never ending learning process), at the end of this Chapter #7 (and at the end of every chapter), I will enumerate the learning topics I will be discussing in the entIre series of 11 posts/Chapters.
All this topics I will be talking about are things I have learned from the very first day I signed up. There are many things to learn in order to make our way on the platform, and for sure I will miss some things.
This is because when we start doing things on repetition, we forget about them, and we just do them automaticaly, so feel free to ask any questions on the comments section. Also if you are a Plankton, Dolphin or Whale reading the post, your contribution, suggestions here will really help new People (Minnows) to make their way, and thus make steemit grow and make it a better platform every day.
So, lets get started with Chapter/Post #7, and learn about "When and How to use Voting bots to upvote Quality Posts that you would like to be reached by more people - And how important bots like Cheetah are helping avoid Plagiarism"
Chapter/Post #7: Using Voting Bots to upvote quality posts you would like to be reached by more people, and the Importance of important Bots like Cheetah to make Steemit a better place every day
1- What are upvoting Bots? Why are they here for?
2- How to use them with quality posts and to gain more visibility?
3- How to use Bot Tracker by 
4- Important bots to reduce spam and double posting, like 
5- What Important people on Steemit think about voting bots
5- What Important people on Steemit think about voting bots.
6-Some important projects about voting bots are 
Special Credits on this Chapter for: 
Now that we have gone through 6 past Chapters (see at the button of this email all the past Chapters/Posts), its time to learn about Voting Bots.
What are Voting Bots? Why are they here for? How to make best use of them by upvoting quality posts that deserve more visibility? This are some of the questions I will try to answer on this post.
As always, your comments, suggestions and questions are very welcomed, and I enjoy upvoting quality comments and suggestions that will help improve the understanding of the post (I will make update when needed).
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So, lets begin with the first 2 questions.
1- What are upvoting Bots? Why are they here for?
Upvoting bots are bots created by Steemians which purpose it to increase the upvote power delivered on certain quality posts that deserve to be reached by more people.
For the purpose of this post about voting bots, for ones who don't now what voting power and steem power is, lets summerize it as the more steem power we have + the more remaining voting power available, makes the difference in the amount of influence and amount of SBD an upvote we make is worth.
[We discussed the meaning of Voting Power, Steem Power on Chapter/Post #3: Where do Resources Funds on Upvotes come from? [ https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-3-of-11-understanding-where-the-funds-from-upvotes-come-from-focusing-on-steem-power-and-reward-pool-this-is-part-3-of ]. You can read this chapter to learn about Steem Power and Voting power in detail.
So, if we have just started on the platform our level SP (Steem Power) is almost close to zero, so once we post something, and upvote it, our upvote might be not even worth 1 cent, so it will just be visible for some seconds or minutes in the "New" section. To give a good aproximate idea, every 100 steem power, with the current price as of dec 18 2017, our vote at 100% voting power would be around 1.5 cents.
For this reason is that if we are new, or if we have been here for some time, and we want our posts to appear at the top of on the top 5 of the Hot section, we'll need to invest some SBD or Steem funds on Voting Bots.
The good news is that there are a lot of voting bots today, and that
Thank you very much
If our posts appear on the Hot Section for 1 to 2 hours or even 3 hours, we have the chance that our quality post is seen by many more people, and thus reach our objective of getting the visibility we wanted for it, so more people can get benefits of it.
Sometimes, a great quality post adding value to the community + Good Visibility for some time + Written on the correct time, can help a user get more upvotes, get more people to get interested in what we are doing thus decide to follow us, get a good upvote from the bot that will return our investment to the bot back, and at the end we'll be getting more rewards.
A special thing to mention is just what
And many of this projects are so amazing that they will definitely help the entire steem blockchain ecosystem to grow, just as the 
I definitely recommend you to read
https://steemit.com/whales/@elear/whales-wake-up-please
2- How to use Voting Bots with quality posts and to gain more visibility?
My believe is that if we have something that will add value to people on steemit, to the community in general, or to steemit and it deserves to be reached by as many people as possible, this is the time to use the voting bots. They will definitely help us reach more people. If we use bots in a smart way, on the right time, the complete total of our invested money will be returned to us via the upvote, and sometimes we will get a profit too.
But at the end of the day, the best benefit of the Voting Bots is reaching the targeted people you thought of for the post.
Lets now focus on how to use this bots. The way to use a voting bot is to:
A- Go to our steem wallet (I have explained all the wallet functionalities on a previous post/Chapter #2 "Add Link to Chap 2")
B- On the STEEM DOLLARS or STEEM areas (According to what the voting bot is accepting. This can be easily checked on the Bot Tracker we are explaing on item #3 below. It has a steem logo when it accepts steem), we go to our balance at the right, and click on the tab.
C- Then we click on Transfer
D- On the "to:" field, we add the bot name without the "@"
E- On the "amount:" we add the amount we want to bid. Needs to be the same or above the minimum bid accepted by the bot
F- On the "memo:" we add the link to the post we want the upvote to go to.l
G- At last we'll be prompted to enter the active key password to make the transaction
The reason I am not adding images for this, is because I already found a great quality post from
Thanks Jerry Banfield for this great contribution!
Here is his full detailed post: https://steemit.com/steem/@jerrybanfield/boost-posts-on-steem-with-upvote-bots
3- How to use Bot Tracker by
The bot tracker is a very important tool for the following main reasons:
A- It helps people know the bots that are really operating (Be careful with messages received of people you don't know offering their bot service that does not appear here)
B- It helps people know when bots will make the next upvote
C- It helps to know the amount that has been bidded for a certain bot on the current round, and on a previous round
D- It helps to decide which are the best bots to use on a given time
For sure it has many more advantages and usages I can't remember of now. We'll for sure start learning more by using it. Your comments, additions, suggestions below are very welcomed, and I enjoy upvoting quality comments that contribute to the better of steemit and the blockchain.
In his own words: "Yabap Matt thinks they provide a great service to minnows and new users by allowing us to get our posts out there and seen by more people and build our following".
Thanks for this great contribution to make steemit and the steem blockchain a better place every day.
Here is his complete detailed post about the Steem Bot Tracker:
https://steemit.com/utopian-io/@yabapmatt/introducing-the-steem-upvote-bot-tracker
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4- Important bots to reduce spam and double posting spending on Steemit, like
There are other rules that can be found at: https://steemit.com/steemcleaners/@steemcleaners/abuse-guide-2017-update
I definitely recommend you to read the full quality post by
Here is the 1st post: https://steemit.com/steemit/@anyx/the-double-spending-problem-on-steemit
Also here is a great interview to
In his own words: "Cheetah is NOT a tool for censorship. Cheetah does not care about the ideas within your content, only if the content itself already exists elsewhere".
Definitely recommend you to check this 2nd post with the interview to learn more about this important bot for Steemit.
https://steemit.com/steemcleaners/@inquiringtimes/interview-with-anyx-witness-7-founder-of-cheetah-and-steemcleaners
Thanks for this quality contribution for Steemit and the steem blockchain.
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5- What Important people on Steemit think about voting bots and self-votes
In
By saying this I 
do not intend to compare with other cryptos. I just mention my belief on the power of the steem blockchain, and if all of us work together (developers, investors, quality content writters, contributors, whales, witnesses and so on), the steem blockchain will be the dream team of all cryptos and stoppable.
Here is
https://steemit.com/whales/@elear/whales-wake-up-please
Thanks for this very important post. I know you are really busy making better every day to really contribute for the growth of the entire blockchain, Steemit, and looking for ways with to incentivize investors, quality contributions, and much more. And thanks for your huge support for the 11 chapters full steemit guide!
I believe
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But a very important point
And this complaint is actually the most serious for him (and for many people on steemit, and my self
In his post he makes a very important question if changing the downvoting rules can help fix the curation problems, and he mentions the critical things that need to solved, to help think about new proposals and ways to improve and find a solution to this situation.
Thanks for this great post and for bringing this very important situation to the eyes of many people on steemit. The more eyes that see this, I am convinced, the faster we can find solutions. And thanks for your huge support for the 11 chapters full steemit guide!
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He is definitely a pro of making the world a better place, and thus the steemit community.
He believes same as myself that voting ourselves has some good aspects, and other bad ones. Being this said, I think we should make a balance and think the reasons why we are voting ourselves and others, and if the cause is one we believe is a good one and thus will add more value to the community, then we do it.
Here is
https://steemit.com/steemit/@lukestokes/self-voting-scammy-behavior-rational-roi-or-something-else
Thanks for always being with your help, opinions and suggestions to help make Steemit a better place every day, and thanks for your huge support for the 11 chapters full steemit guide!
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If we look at it as an investor of the steem blockchain, and if we are doing quality contributions, and helping others learn what we know, it is a good thing to make a balancing voting to ourselves and others, always thinking about each vote, and that the cause of the vote is to make the steemit community and steem blockchain a better place.
Here is
https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryptographic/enlightened-self-interest-and-steemit
Thanks for sharing this ideas to the steemit community and for your support on the full steemit guide!
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I want to make a special mention for
Here is the post from 
https://steemit.com/bisteemit/@boddhisattva/top-200-effective-steemit-curators-who-are-actively-support-newcomers-with-reputation-below-55-for-the-last-week-2017-12-11-2017
Thanks for your support for new people on the Steemit community. This makes a huge difference on their perception on steemit, and encourages them to continue working hard and to think about their own ways to add value in the community.
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6-Some important projects about voting bots are
Since I explained about the 
With
By using
Thanks for your amazing contribution for the steemit community!
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Below, you will find the 11 Chapters full INDEX, were you can find several important things to know about the steemit platform, steem blockchain, and its community.
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In case you think this post is original and helpful for the STEEMIT community, Please:
Upvote, Resteem, and Comment , so we can all get the most of the benefits of this cryptocurrency journey.
I like to upvote quality comments and suggestions that are good for the growth of the steem community.
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11 FULL CHAPTERS INDEX
Current Post/Chapter #1: What you need to know to be more confident and set your way on Steemit
[Already posted on December 27th 2017: https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-1-of-11-have-you-recently-sign-up-on-steemit-and-don-t-know-what-to-do-first-basic-things-for-new-people-make-their-way]
1- You just signed up, whats next?
2- How fast can I earn rewards on steemit?
3- 3 ways I can earn rewards in the steemiot platform (Posting, Commenting, Curating)
4- What is an upvote, comment, resteem, follow?
5- Lets learn about the wallet area: Basics
Special Credits on this Chapter for: 
Chapter/Post #2: Focusing on the Wallet to learn as much as possible about it
[Already posted on December 29th, 2017: https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-2-of-11-focusing-on-the-details-of-the-steem-wallet-to-learn-as-much-as-possible-how-to-use-it-transfer-steem-sbd]
1- How to use the Steem Wallet?
2- How to transfer funds from my steemit wallet to a cryptoexchange?
3- What are the 2 cryptocurrencies on the Steem Blockchain?
4- How to convert steem or sbd into Bitcoin, Eth, Ltc or other crypto?
5- Amazing Bonus: The crypto managing spreadsheet and calculator by
Special Credits on this Chapter for: 
Chapter/Post #3: Where do Resources Funds on Upvotes come from?
[Already posted on January 1st 2018: https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-3-of-11-understanding-where-the-funds-from-upvotes-come-from-focusing-on-steem-power-and-reward-pool-this-is-part-3-of]
1- What is voting power?
2- What is SP (Steem Power)?
3- What happens when we power up? And what happens when we power down?
4- How much votes can we do per day so that it can get recovered at 100% again in 24 hours?
5- Steem applications to check the steem blockchain transactions + check voting power remaining
6- Where do resources for votes come from?
7- What does the reputation number next to your username at the top of your blog means, and what is it for?
Special Credits on this Chapter for: 
Chapter/Post #4: Keeping your Steem cryptocurrency Safe
[Already posted on January 3rd 2018: https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-4-of-11-understanding-how-to-keep-our-steemit-and-steem-cryptocurrency-account-safe-how-to-use-the-5-different-passwords]
1- How can I help keep my steem account safe/secure, by using the different private/public keys on steemit, and keeping safe the ones that do not need to be used?
2- Example of using
Special Credits on this Chapter for: 
Chapter/Post #5: Other ways to earn on the Steem Blockchain
[Already posted on January 8th 2018: https://steemit.com/steem/@gold84/chapter-5-of-11-learning-some-of-the-many-other-ways-to-earn-rewards-on-the-steemit-platform-and-steem-blockchain-this-is-part-5]
1- Make Contributions in
2- By delegating SP to minnowbooster
3- By investing Steem, and Powering Up on the platform
4- By delegating being a sponsor in
5- By promoting steemit in your country, city or town with #promo-steem created by
6- By purchasing a delegation of SP from
Special Credits on this Chapter for: 
Chapter/Post #6: The Vision of its Creators, and the Power of the Steem Blockchain (Current Developments and the Ones in Process)
1- What's the vision of Steem and Steemit?
2- Why is the Steem Blockchain so powerful?
3- What are SMTs, and what are they planning to achieve?
4- What is
Special Credits on this Chapter for: 
Chapter/Post #7: Using bots to upvote quality posts you want to be reached by more people
1- What are upvoting Bots?
2- How to use them with quality posts and to gain more visibility?
3- How to use Bot Tracker by
4- Important bots to reduce spam and double posting, like
5- What Important people on Steemit think about voting bots.
6-Some important projects about voting bots are
Special Credits on this Chapter for:
Chapter/Post #8: How Making Connections with other Smart & Creative People that have our same likes make steemit and our way on steemit better
1- How to make a success path way on Steemit?
2- Getting to know smart and creative people on the platform
3- Collaborate with your knowledge and experience, to help the platform grow
4- Get to know the needs of the Community and see were your knowledge fits in order to help it be a better place
Special Credits on this Chapter for: 
Chapter/Post #9: Learning from Experts of specific topics on Steemit
1- Trading
2- Cryptocurrency
3- Investing
4- Steem Blockchain
5- Blockchains
Special Credits on this Chapter for: This will be revealed in the next few days
Chapter/Post #10: Other useful apps on the Steem Blockchain
1- Steemnow.com
2- Steemd.com
3- Steemdb.com
Special Credits on this Chapter for: This will be revealed in the next few days
Chapter/Post #11: Steem as part of a much larger ecosystem
1- Bitshares
2- Steem
3- EOS
Special Credits on this Chapter for:
More will be revealed in the next few days
Bonus Chapter/Post #12: Who are Steem Witnesses?
1- What is a Steem Witness?
2- Special personal Thanks for Witnesses that are contributing really huge for the Steem blockchain and Steemit
Special Credits on this Chapter for: This will be revealed in the next few days