So I have been testing a few different Strategies when it comes to Steemit Curation Rewards. I noticed that I only ever make .001 SP (Steem power and Zero Steem Dollars) as a Reward even when I upvote a "good" Post that goes on to make $500 +
I was confused by this so I started to do a little research and learned that it makes a huge difference "WHEN" you upvote a Post. I also found that I earned nothing, zero SP (Steem Power or Steem Dollars) when I RESTEEM a post (unless I have also upvoted that post). Last week I tried upvoting what I thought was a very good post within the first 15 minutes of a new post and made practically nothing, then I tried upvoting between 15 minutes and 30 minutes after a "good" New Post and earned very little and then I tried upvoting a "good" post after 30 minutes and earned almost nothing ..... So what is the trick ?
I really don't know since I have to wait a few days before the results of my tests show up in my Curation Rewards. But I think the problem is that I let my Steem Power % drop too low and as a result was earning almost nothing for my Curation Efforts. So I waited all weekend to let me Steem Power get back to 100 % - You can check your Steem Power % here:
http://www.steemd.com
http://www.steemnow.com
Enter your Steemit User name.
Today I will get some results from my various Curation Reward Tests from last Monday so stay Tuned for updates.
I only learned about Steem Power % last week (Thanks to @DeanLogic) so I spent the weekend "not voting" so that my Steem Power % could get back to 100 %. I found that I lose 2 % Steem Power with each Vote and it takes 1 hour to regenerate 1 % of my Steem Power back .... So if you are down to 30 % Steem Power Voting % it will take you 70 hours (3 days) to get back to 100 %
For me I am thinking that there are just too many Factors and Variables in Curation Rewards and I will just go back to blogging.
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