With the STEEM price and SBD price approaching parity (STEEM is currently trading at $3.76, and SBD at $3.80 at the time of writing this) and, if things continue as they are, STEEM becoming the more valuable of the two (where it should be in my opinion), it may just pop into your head that now is the time to 100% power up your posts.
DON'T!!!
I'm still seeing quite a lot of these (about 5% of people at a quick glance down the feed - that's still a lot) 
Why should I 50:50 my posts instead?
Because you will get less reward if you 100% power up...
The way the post rewards are calculated means that if you 100% power up your post, you will receive STEEM at a rate of 1SBD = 1USD = 0.266 STEEM , instead of the market rate, which is about 1 SBD =3.80 USD = 1.01 STEEM.
This means that if you choose the 50:50 rewards payout option, your SBD can be converted into 3.79 times the amount of STEEM that you would have received if you had powered up that 50%.
50:50 is the only way to go!
The only time 100% power up post works is when SBD is worth (much) less than 1 USD, and even then you may be able to get better exchange prices on the external (or internal) markets.
How can I find out what my reward split will be?
Those of you who are still 100% powering up your posts are losing out on some sweet rewards!
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