Hello STEEM world!
Welcome if you are new, or greetings if you've been around but we have yet to cross paths.
We are all here to make the most of our experience on this "game changer" platform; as in gains, time and using our votes wisely(or making the most of our votes).
Well, its been pretty obvious to me, that some of you are not aware that you have a voting power percentage(i.e 1-100%).
For those who have UNDER 500 STEEM power:
If you cast an upvote on another persons post or comment, your voting power will drop from 100% to 98%. Each of your votes will take 2.4 hours to regenerate. So you gain that lost 2% in a span of 2.4 hours.
The lower your voting percentage, the less your vote is worth, and the less curation rewards you will receive for the votes that you give. So I advise you to use around 10 votes in a 24 hour window. 10 + 2.4 hours equals 24 hours to get back to that full 100% of your voting power. So 10 votes will leave you at 80%, so try not to ever let it get below 80%.
If you allow your voting power to drop down really low, you are missing out on potential rewards that you could have made from the votes that you have given.
For those who have ABOVE 500 STEEM power:
Congratulations, you now have the ability to use a sliding bar. Now you can dictate what size of your single vote you will use during each vote you cast. (i.e 1-100%) 50% being half of your votes worth.
So if you are using all 100% votes abide by what I mentioned above for the people with UNDER 500 STEEM power. If you use your sliding bar in various amounts than you can easily exceed that 10 votes per day to a much larger number.
I bet you are wondering, "well shit, how do I go about checking my voting power?"
Well, here is a tool that I personally use on a daily basis; that I prefer over others that I have found:
This tool not only shows you your voting power, but pretty much everything that has been going on with your account.(i.e Who votes on your stuff, your latest curation rewards, your author payouts and when to expect them, etc.)
Who do you have to thank for the existence of this SUPER useful tool?
None other than one of your fellow Steemit users, 
I really want to see this community flourish in all aspects, with no one left behind, so I really felt the need to make this post. In hopes of helping as many people as possible understand something they may not even knew existed. So, yeah. There ya go! Lol
Resteem this post as much as you possibly can, whether you vote on it or not. It's for the betterment of the community!
Be a part of helping me spread awareness, and making our community a better, stronger, stable, and more informed place!
Thank you for reading my post and for any contributions made!(Upvotes, comments, follows, and resteems)
Feel free to add anything else that you think is important for people to know, or if I made any errors that need corrected in the information I provided.
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I hope you took something from this, maybe made a new Steemit friend(ME), and feel better equipped to make the most of your Steemit experience. I wish everyone unlimited health and prosperity!!!!
