Hey, so, I just noticed that not everyone is voting 100% for the contentmaker thing, also not everyone is voting everyone which is really disheartening. Maybe you could include a call to action in your post. I really hate seeing a log where I'm voting 100% and other people are voting like 60%. It really defeats the purpose of the camaraderie that the initiative is striving for.
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I will make it a point in my next post about the group. If there is no response or change may I suggest you mirror the voting power to the same percentage they are doing. There is going to be a lot of moving parts in this group, and this site, so we might have to make our own changes and work around problems to keep it working and get to where we want to be.
Sure. It defeats the purpose, but it can't be helped. Some people are just inconsiderate.
Hi @jedau, I have just seen your comment and your question is very valid. Thank you for bringing it up. The value of votes is a hot topic for me and I have been advocating for vote value for everyone to be displayed next to Reputation which, to be frank, is a less important metric.
I vote at 60% in the contentmakers tag. There are a number of reasons. I am happy to have an ongoing review of this.
The reasons: I have various voting set-ups in place. My voting power was getting down to 25, even 15% because I am an active reader and voter. If I vote at 100% and my Voting Power is, say, 25%, it is pretty useless.
I hope and believe that the contentmakers tag will grow and am assisting @whatageek, via my FB group and elsewhere to recruit good authors. Having said that in the first few days I wrote nearly all the content in the tag which gained votes. Continual assessment needed.
Were I to abandon the authors whom I have supported over recent times and who have supported me that would not be very loyal.
So, rather than brush your comment aside, I acknowledge and appreciate your comment and am happy to continually assess.
I cannot stand the 1-5% votes that I see - they are useless and cynical and actually do more harm than good in many instances if you really understand the system. I have even seen 0.7% votes!!
As it is my vote is worth about $0.002 - a metric which, 4 months in, I have only just worked out how to ascertain. Vote value is the building block of steemit, yet is the most obscure thing to find out. Happy to show you how!
how did you find out the value of your vote?
Ah, the rude man, but I think we were all getting a little flustered so I shall pretend it never happened if that is ok with you.
Vote value is my current crusade as it is the basic building block of steemit.
It does vary, as does the value of a post. If you go to https://steemstats.com/#/, you will be able to enter yours, or anyone else's username and get what you need - it is phrased in SBD etc but you will get the gist of it.
Transparency ... pah!
Namaste to you
pretending is more rude than saying what you are thinking
I am not prone to lying. I meant what I wrote. Your disbelief says more about your attitude towards someone whom you do not know than it does about me!
I hope you found the link helpful. If you want to find more helpful people I help run a group on Fb which might help you see that there are good people around.
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Hey, thanks for taking the time to explain, though I actually know the technicalities of how voting works here. It comes down to your goals I guess. Personally, I don't care if my own voting % is trash. I have gone as low as 26%, and even though it's next to worthless, adding that one vote to encourage someone else is what I find most important. I vote 100% all of the time because I only vote on posts that deserve it. It's a reward for the effort that the author has put into making his post.
While arguably it has next to no monetary value, the encouragement it gives is priceless. I leave comments on authors that I support to set them apart from those I just gave votes on.
I do agree that the votes that are 1-5% are next to worthless, however, I don't believe that vote value is the building block of Steemit, rather it's a means to an end. Interaction and mutual support should be the foundation. Votes are easy to give out, and its automation almost removes the human element from it.
It's good to know where you stand regarding that, and I respect your decision. I'll just have to change my rule and give you 60% as well. I would still have @whatageek for example at 100% though because that's how he votes on my posts. No hard feelings, man. We all have our reasons we act the way we do, and I appreciate you taking the time to detail yours.
I tried to be polite. You think you can behave differently - no!
You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
Hmm? Yeah, I'm not entirely sure I get what you mean when you said live by the sword die by the sword. I answered your politeness with equal respect, and I just said that since you're giving me 60% votes anyway, then I might as well do the same for you.
Learn how to write then - re-read your comments - you are off my voting list - end of story. I don't think you do know how anything works, judging from your comments.
Yup, I re-read my comments and I still couldn't see anything wrong with it. If you would like to get a second opinion how it's interpreted, feel free to do so. Based on your interaction, I could see that you're a very aggressive and confrontational person. While everyone has a right to act the way they do, I try to cut that kind of negativity from my life, so I've taken you my voting list as well and unfollowed you all the same. Feel free to do the same, and as I mentioned previously, no hard feelings.
Also, telling someone to learn to write is about as rude as anyone can get, in my opinion. Just so you know, I work as a software developer professionally, so even though I don't know all the intricacies of Steemit, I have a firm grasp of its technicalities. The way you reply is, frankly, insulting, and even if you consult others to interpret how this conversation went, I'm confident that they'll say I'm in the right on this one. I'm really not even sure what triggered you to go south all of a sudden.
I still remember the mutual support that we shared a couple of weeks ago, and while it was brief, I thank you for it, but I feel this is where we part ways. I wish you success in this platform!