This purpose of this post is a conversation starter to discuss voting. If you feel there is too much spam, self-voting, etc., let's not blame the poster, let's talk about voting. What is your vote supporting and why?
* my own bad art
Reasons to vote for a post:
- Curation Rewards
- Author worked 4,500 hrs on post
- The post had 10k perfectly written words that were factual and educational and every comma was in the correct spot.
- You enjoyed the content
- You have connected in some way with the Author
- You think the post will add value to your Steem investment
- Someone asked you to vote for it
- You are hoping for a return vote
- Gaining name recognition
- To help retain users
- It is your own post and you want to use the stake you earned or bought to improve your stake
- Steemvoter voted on it
- I don't know...
Please list below additional ideas or those you feel are either valid or invalid. This would be a great conversation for the new users to consider as they decide how to use their own votes, and also might help them decide what to publish on SteemIt.
*In my opinion there are no wrong answers, however, we do shape behavior by giving rewards