At exactly 6:30 PM EST I will be buying $100 worth of Steem Power with the sole purpose of determining if a simple investment would make a difference in my Reputation score. As of this moment, my reputation score is 46.
I am well aware that the reputation score is determined by the history of votes received by the account, but I am also sure that almost everyone checks the poster's Steem power before upvoting or replying to their posts. So my theory is that, by possessing more SP, I will likely garner more upvotes; and therefore my reputation score should rise accordingly.
I will post again in 24 hours and we will learn together from this little experiment.
If nothing happens, I'll still be happy to have more Steem Power for the long run.
UPDATE 1: 8:45 pm - I haven't been able to complete the BTC-Steem trade on Bittrex (I'm such a noob). I will update as soon as it goes through.
UPDATE 2: 9:45 pm - The transfer is complete. Now all we have to do is wait 24 hours and do a new post. Stay tuned folks!