As I have said in previous posts, I am still very new to Steemit and I am still learning a bit everyday. I came across some information yesterday that I thought was very important but also overlooked.
As most people already know Steemit had completed a hard fork not to long ago, in which they set out to deal with a variety of issues. One of the issues that was addressed within this upgrade was a solution to deal with spammers. They decided that the best method to deal with this would be to restrict all Steemit users to a maximum of 4 posts every 24 hours. For every post that exceeds the target of 4, they will start penalizing more and more.
Here is the message from the developers:
Each root level comment has a reward weight which impacts the end payout of the post. We are targeting 4 posts in 24 hours. Your first 4 posts in 24 hours will not be penalized. After that, they weight is decreased from 100% based on your average posting frequency. Having a frequency just barely higher than 1 every 6 hours will have very little impact, while spamming will be penalized heavily. This change is aimed to increase the quality of content at the cost of quantity.</div
I am very happy that I discovered this when I did, as there have been days in the past where I definitely exceeded that amount and couldn't figure out why my posts were performing so badly. Now if you lost track of exactly when you made your last few posts and are unsure if you can safely release another one, I found this very useful tool that will tell you your accounts current position.
http://www.steemdollar.com/limitstatus.php?
Here is a quick screenshot of this very cool app:
Now just make sure that you enter your account name in the small box in the bottom left hand corner. This tool will not give you your account information automatically and requires manual input.
It is very easy to miss the required account field as even I didn't notice it at first so I attached a screenshot of what it looks like here:
Well I hope that this has helped some Steemit users out there and hopefully you find this tool useful in keeping track of your post count. I wish that I knew this a long time ago as it has definitely affected some of my posts in the past unfortunately.
But anyways pass this post along, upvote and comment below if this has helped you.
Check out my recent post on Steemit's upvote system here:
Do Not Abuse the UpVote!! | What Happens and What to do if Overused?
Thanks for reading!
Sincerely,
Grayson