Since the last Hardfork vote power is drained much faster and people seem to be voting less. I've noticed a big drop in the upvotes I receive and this limit on daily votes must be hitting those without the vote slider much harder as they can't lower their vote power.
As a result of not getting so many votes I've noticed that I'm getting comments by people who are not upvoting my post. As I've always given an upvote to all comments (which gives a few cents to the person making the comment) I'm wondering about what is going on.
Is this a case of steemians having used all their daily votes or people using the comments to gain without voting for the posts?
This second option seems to me to be a scam and after hearing from other people this seems to be their opinion too. As a result I'm feeling less inclined to vote on comments which takes the thank you for your comment upvote away from genuine steemians.
So I'm now curious to see if anyone else has noticed this happening so feel free to leave your opinions.
Ive noticed the same actually, but this has been going on for longer than before HF19 got implemented in my case. Im not sure the new setup is the final solution just another experiment on our way to finding the perfect formula to make steemit better!
I think another look at bringing in the vote slider from day 1 or much sooner needs to be looked at.
Comment votes are 2/3 of my income so i really hope this doesn't mean the end for them!
The slider is available at 500 SP, but is on the eSteem app and on chainbb for new peeps.
People sem to be terrified to vote and ration them out like gold.
I am upvoting right left and centre - and my voting power seems to stay above 80% anyway.
Loosen up and vote!
I've dropped my slider down to 1% for comments and 10% for posts and my vote power is going back up. Once I get back into the 90% vote power I'll adjust again.
I stopped voting these last few days because my voting power dropped to 35%. I am waiting for it to recharge to full 100% before I start again but it is only on 50% right now. So I am only minimal voting right now.
I have noticed the same behavior, where people just post comment instead of upvoting ... :)
I have been guilty over the last day of not voting on comments (my bad) whilst i have been thinking about how to vote haha and gone back to them. Still trying to figure it out. I do think there is a lot of scammers though.
The powerfull @alienbutt. Your guess is as good as mine. It is multifaceted. It is neither there or here. I believe that both contribute but since you are already a dolphin, that should not bother you much lol....I voted for this post oooooo
It doesn't make any difference to my own account but it does effect the wider community and already from the comments here it is obvious there is a problem for minnows in voting without the ability to use a vote slidder and how this is limiting their voting ability.
Exactly, till yesterday I got to 500sp, it was a tough job but now it is easier with the slider.
Well. It depends sometimes they vote more and sometimes not.. But yea its sad if theres just comments and no upvotes n stuff. Anwyay its not so big of a deal, cos u just need to have right kind of friends here on Steemit!.. Upvoted + promoted.
There's a few turds in the pond for sure, but I think they are flushing themselves out fairly quickly! I have considered flagging the copy paste generic responses to help them flush. It's technically spam and should probably be flagged, but it also takes away from my voting power so I'm conflicted.
I don't personally like the flag option and I've never used it yet, i prefer to just ignore those comments.
Ignoring turds is always best....
I agree. I get reeeeally tempted when they also link their post. Especially when it's a stolen youtube video by another well known steemian lol.
It seems bad, but I think it's understandable. People might be willing to comment without upvoting in different scenarios, but I think the worst ones are when someone is complimenting the post but will not upvote.
I can understand when your comments aren't compliments or anything "I agree, I like yourpost" but challenging or critizising something about the post. For example, if someone posts anything about vaccines and someone wants to comment something opposite, I can see why there are less upvotes.
Or then there is my situation, when I'm sometimes going to check posts with shabby mobile connection on my phone browser, when not all upvotes or comments go through.
What do you mean a scam? This is what happens you make something feel scarce? People hoard it. So while minnows were given more power by changing the exponential curve of steem power, the change in voting power turned a lot of us into hoarders. I always try to keep my VP above 70% so i am less inclined to upvote. I still want to interact with people though so I comment. This is why I was no happy about the HF, people take everything at face value but everything has rippling effects.
I'm converting all my steem dollars and Steem to steem power now so hopefully I will break the threshold for a VP slider so I will be upvoting more often when they happens. I don't use steemit on a mobile device so esteem isn't an option for me.
I'm not saying it is definitely a scam but feels like one so wanted to put this out there to get opinions before I decide one way or the other.
Yes, I too have noticed this, since HF19, Until reading this I wasn't sure what was going on, but you are right, it must be the accounts with no ability to lower vote % so don't have as much control. Its a possible explanation.
I stop upvoting comments just some that are really good . And you have to agree limiting minnows votes to 10 ( no slider bar ) afected the sistem .
I've had a few people apologize to me for not upvoting my post even though they wanted to because they were trying to rejuvenate their voting power over the past week, and I've also gotten a lot of spam of people saying they upvoted my content and followed me when they didn't. So, I think it's probably a mixture of both, at least that's what I believe.
I like to comment on posts that catch my eye but sometimes I'm not able to up-vote along with the comment. Usually I'll be slowly waiting for my voting power to get back up to 100% and like you said, I have no slider to adjust the settings.
Today I'm throwing out upvotes left and right because steemd.com seems to be down. I have no idea what my voting power is at. I wish there were a way to provide a slider for everybody.
EDIT: I also have to add...If your voting power is down, the only way to really participate actively is to comment. I'd rather not be forced to lurk because of the voting power.
i think they need to look at bringing in the vote slider for all.
"This second option seems to me to be a scam and after hearing from other people this seems to be their opinion too."
I dont agree with you. Maybe someone really like comment and he want to give up vote ? This is opinon of jealous people.
Slider should be allowed to everyone!
its really just a change in psychology as a result of the HF. I predicted this, so did a lot of others who were ignored, especially in the week of great payouts.
Just upvote as you like. I want to upvote so many things so I will be adjusting my VP ASAP. You can use esteem now if you want to do the same.
I also noticed this and to be fair I have done it also. It surly wasnt intented as a scam and I think if sombody puts real thought into the comment, they dont wanna scam either.
Usually I tend to upvote the posts I have read but I am still experimenting how much voting power I put into it, since I went a bit overboard after the fork.
I ve also upvote the comments I get under my posts as a form of gratiute and I hope to keep readers engaged and keep coming back.
I dont see it as a scam at all as we are all free to decide if we want to upvote something or not but it makes me consider raising my standards on upvoting on comments.
I don't mind the few word comments as I understand not all users speak English, it's when someone puts something like
Wow, upvoted and followed.
When they have done neither, this is what I'm saying is a scam.
then you are right. It is just a lie then.
This is happening to me too, as I noted in this post
I am not really sure why, because the influx of new people has also changed a lot, and the last hardfork's giving more steem to comments has also an influence...
The result is, whatever the reason, that I sometimes get quite hilarious comments that has misunderstood the post completely :)
I think there are a lot of new steemians who do not speak English and have worked out a few responses to post.
That might be one of the explanations, but I checked and some of them just write unique comments but from the most superficial reading. Sometimes it is hilarious.
I don't a have a slider. I've been voting left and right and my voting power is under 50%. But damn the torpedoes, when it gets to zero I'll just take a vacation.
I am one of those people that like to give real comments, you will never see me say things like upvoted followed and resteemed if I did not do those things. Most of the time for a comment with out an upvote is because I am less than 30% vote power. I used to not care about the vote power but then I noticed and it was pointed out that if you get to 0% your vote does absolutely no good for anyone. A slider for someone less than 100sp to about 500sp would be a useless. If you think about it what is 1% of .001 that a minnows vote is worth? I just got to 100Sp, my vote at full power is only .010. What is 1-10% of that? Not much and a waste. I would love to upvote every time I leave a comment, because most of the time I leave a comment means I enjoyed your post, but I read a lot and comment a lot. 70 days, and 1300+ comments. There really is just not enough to go around. At least by commenting I feel that I am letting the Author know I appreciate their post. Well that's why I sometimes do not upvote when commenting. Sorry, it's life for me.