Still for many people Upvoting and Voting Power is still not understood by everyone, especially the new users. In this post I will try to explain it so everyone understand it. Upvoting is a big part of the "game" and it's fun and we like to see our upvotes make a difference. The more powerful your Upvotes the more curation rewards you get. I will use an analogy to explain how it works.
I will use a boxer as an example
Vote Influence
As a beginner you start out weak. Your punches don't hit as hard as a professional boxer and you don't always know when and where to punch, but you have that in mind that if you train more you will become stronger. Training will make you stronger. To work with your punches and make them hit harder you need STEEM POWER. The more STEEM POWER the harder you will hit.
The more STEEM POWER you get, the more influence your upvotes will have and the bigger your curation rewards will be.
MORE STEEMPOWER = BIGGER INFLUENCE & MORE CURATION REWARDS
Voting Power
like any other boxer, you can't just keep hitting forever. The first few punches are the strongest ones. They connect with most of your power.
The Voting Power decreases with each upvote and when you start with 100% then the upvote will decrease your voting power by 2% per vote.
After throwing punches left and right you will start draining yourself and you will become less effective with each punch. As you know, no one can keep punching and expect to have the same power behind every punch.
As your Voting Power goes down, so does your voting influence. The less Voting Power, the weaker your upvotes.
When a boxer's energy gets drained, he has to eventually stop fighting and recharge. No boxer fights everyday. They need to take a rest and after a while they will be able to hit at 100% of his power again.
Your Voting Power recharges at a rate of around 20% per day. If you deplete your Voting Power it can take quite some time to recharge to be at 100% again.
Boxers will drain themselves too much if they fight for too long and then it will take longer time to recover. They have to fully recover before the next fight, otherwise they will not be hitting at 100& of their true potential
Here is how to see your Voting Power:
https://Steemd.com/@yournamehere - Your voting power and stats will be shown on the left.
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