If there’s one thing that I haven’t quite mastered yet from this place, it’s how to properly manage my voting power. I have recently started down the path of utilizing the ol’ auto vote just to help as its impossible to stay on top of everything. I still manually curate and prefer to do it that way but I feel that the auto voting helps aid me in taking care of folks that I know do a good job here...when I am unable to be on.
I can’t be everywhere at once so programs like Steemauto help me out a bit. I’ve also found that since I’ve started utilizing that, I’ve over doubled the curation rewards I’m pulling in weekly. Not that it’s a huge amount, but it does add up and make a difference.
I only have a small chunk of names on my list as of the moment but will eventually add more. I’m finding myself having to constantly tweak and adjust percentages and how many times daily for specific people as I keep falling below the cutoff threshold I set for myself which is 65%VP.
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This is my VP as of this very second and it’s been hovering in this realm for a while now...unable to creep up. So back to tweaking a bit so see if I can find a balance that somewhat works. It’s definitely a challenge though as I’m sure those who are using it are aware of.
I’m trying to spread the votes to a bunch of different folks. Full disclosure...I also do self vote. I know some frown upon it and my personal beliefs that if that’s all you do, it’s pretty weak. It’s also my belief that I pumped in a bunch of fiat and bought a fuck ton of Steem so I’m utilizing it to help me grow as well as helping others.
My goal is to hit Orca status here by the end of the summer. As long as prices don’t jump too much I think I can do that with obviously investing some more in along with the motivation to keep kicking ass. In turn I hope to be able to keep helping others grow as well with proper support and delegation.
While on delegation, I recently started with delegating to a handful of curation guilds and projects. It’s not a tremendous amount by any means but I’m hoping to be at 1000 SP delegated by my birthday which is less than a month away. I’m currently at 750 so not too much more to go. Won’t be an issue. Just pacing myself. I’m just trying to find projects that I enjoy, utilize, or believe in to throw a tiny bit of support their way. As I grow here, I’m hoping to make more of an impact in that department as well.
I fully encourage those of you who are somehow able to...throw a small delegation towards a project you enjoy. Hell, it can be an individual. Just somewhere that it’ll get utilized properly to reward solid content...especially if you are letting it go to waste. If you aren’t on here daily, strongly consider it. Unless you’ve been living under a rock lately, you should know that there are a few good projects that could definitely benefit from a little lovin’ In the delegation department at present time. Consider one of those...
Either way, there is definitely a lot to learn about how to juggle the utilization of ones VP on here. As I attempt to not only take care of those who have taken care of me and helped me grow, I also like to take care of just overall good content I find. Mostly by folks I’m unaware of. Also showing some new users the love as they need some encouragement as well. All of this I’ve been personally slacking on a bit over the past month or so but I’m getting back on track. Once I figure out a proper balance...
Anyway, this was just on my mind and I thought that I can’t be the only one struggling with this. Figured, why not pop it up here?!? Maybe start a discussion on these somewhat basic topics. If you have any tips, comments, or questions...please feel free to shoot a comment below.
Thx all.
Blewitt