Quick Tip: Voting Power And How To Check It
I have noticed a lot of confusion by the new people about how their votes count. I did a post last week discussing why it is important (click here). So today I'm going to give a "quick tip" to show you 2 different sites to view your voting power meters.
Steemd.com
This is the site that I personally use the most, I constantly refresh it to get my latest activity (pic below). It shows my power meter and my voting strength (pic above) To access the site go to: https://steemd.com/@yourusername and check it out.
Steemworld.org
This is a site I just discovered, and I think it gives some better information in regards to voting power meter understanding. Highlighted in the pic above is the actual value of your vote based on where your power meter is at any point in time. In my case, I'm almost full so I get almost a full penny on my next vote (see pic above).
Note: the interesting thing this also tells you is your vote value based on where your power meter runs down to. So don't let your power meter get below 80 or you'll have no punch!
Bonus information too! In the pic above you will see 2 very cool other features this site has. First is in the middle you will see the time it will take your voting power to be fully recharged (in my case it is 2hr and 48min). This is very good because you can know how long it will take and plan your activities accordingly.
And second is the simulator feature which you can use to imagine the possibilities. You can click on the "simulate" button and change the amount of STEEM POWER (SP) in your account to see what your voting values would be. (Note: I already did it in the example and changed my SP to "130 simulated" and I see that my voting values will be .03 at 100% at the 130 SP mark). You can play around with it and find out exactly how much voting values you will get based on what level of SP you have (or aspire to have in the future). Very very cool feature. To access the site go to: https://www.steemworld.org/@yourusername and check it out.
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Oh my! I'm so glad I found your blog. This is definitely a great tool. I just saw my Voting Power meter and I'm down to 30%. I have to stop upvoting for 3 days to reach 100%. I will be motoring this from now on. Thank you so much for sharing this to a newbie like me.
lol... yes @wincee you want to keep it between 80 and 100% (unless you plan on going on vacation) ;)
I am very happy you stopped by to tell me your thought too. Its always a good to hear that people read and appreciate your posts... I wanted to give you another tip too, keep doing this. The more you are real and genuine and take the time to make sincere comments into other authors post, the more connections you can make and believe it or not you can also make more money that way too. (I'm going to upvote you for you comment, I'm still a little one too but many are not.) So by commenting you can make new friends, see great things, and actually earn some decent money just by being honest and thoughtful.
Take care and stay in touch and ask me anything anytime... I'm happy to help you wincee :)
Thank you for doing so. I appreciate yiur advice & upvote. I actually also shared your blog to my friends who are bew to steemit too coz we just keep on upvoting post without even knowing. So this reallt helps honestly. 😊
Very good that you are helping them too... That will make us all have a better experience if we work together ... Keep at it and stay in touch wincee :) and I'll also check out your blog too!
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Oh wow. Another winner @davemccoy . I'm off to check it out now. I had no idea how my voting power worked. Nice though it is to see the cent value rise on each post, I'm more interested about the difference it makes when I upvote someone. Thanks buddy.
That is what the meter in on the second site will tell you... In the example above, now that I'm at full strength, my votes count for .01 (as long as I don't let it run too low from here)... Check it out and play with it, they are both very good sites for different reasons. If you have any questions about it, just come back! I always like chatting with you @looksfarwoman :)
It's brilliant, I've just been playing with them. Bummed out though because I have no power for 2 days. This could become an obsession....I'm rather prone to micro focussing. 😆
haha I think i'm prone to obsessive compulsive so I get it ;)
Wow, great tools. Although i think I already spend way too much time on the site! I love the simulation tool.
yes, me too... I entered it up and down to see how it works.. I looks like every 43ish is another .01 the whole way up. And haha on spending too much time on it, it is certainly addicting ... I get it ;)
Very good work you doing good work on steemit .your voting power is increase its really good but mine votingpower is only 28 % hahahahaha its ok i m following ur guidelines i will be get success
Yes, stop upvoting until you get over 90... And when you feel like you want to upvote it, just write them a very nice message in the comment section... Trust me, its actually a good thing to learn how to do this and it will be actually more profitable for you very quickly... Just use your personality and make sincere comments and you will do great @annie32 :) ... and thanks for the compliment and I know you will be a success!
Thanks for sharing. Steemworld I had never heard of. Upvoted and followed
You're welcome and thank you for taking the time to tell me @imperialaussie! .I didn't either until I stumbled on it today. I like steemd for my activity, but the steemworld has some features that are very helpful towards understanding this platform. I am glad we are connected and hope to stay in touch with you!
Very good and helpful post. Thank you for taking your time to right it.
Thank you for letting me know you like it, that always makes the effort worthwhile... And glad we recently connected @marinaart! :)
It is too many nuances that needs to be calculated with all this SP to be successful here. Feels like chess game to me
no I"m sorry if I confused you... I'm trying to give you the "best" solution... you can just sell your sbd for steem in the currency market... once you get steem, just power up to steem power... steem and steem power are the same, but the only difference is steem is liquid but doesn't help your voting power, whereas steem power is less liquid but gives you more upvoting value.
frankly there is no reason to worry about this if its not of interest to you, just keep posting and building your following and collect what comes your way. It is real and the money is real, so you can just cash out the regular way.
I didn't want to spook you, I am trying to find out how to optimize my earnings so that I can teach others, but that isn't something that you need to think about. If my experiences help others, that is good, but by no means is the value to steemit in the little difference between the which way to convert or use your different currencies.
I am not planing to cash out any time soon :) I tested steem dollars to steem power conversion it is worked. You are helpful , it is just my bumpy english on the way to understanding everything 100% :) After how many votes Steem Power will go below 80% ?
You should check by calculating yourself and testing it... but I think it is roughly a 2% drop with each vote... so between 10 and 15 is my best guess... And I'm glad I didn't scare you... I wasn't trying to... In fact I'm trying right now to figure out how best to explain it, because as you know its kinda confusing.
I will write an article about this soon, and I appreciate your reaction and feedback. I don't want to overload people with too much and I will weigh that in my presentation.
The basic premise behind steemit is that the content creators get paid for making the social network successful. That is something that is far more powerful than the little differences between one exchange or program than another.
And fyi, I didn't even know anything about steemit 2 weeks ago, I have no connections or interests other than figuring it out myself. I like people and feel that if I can help, then I get satisfaction and a sense of worth in doing so. But I also believe you should be comfortable and if that means just keeping what you get as you get it, then being comfortable is a good thing. You don't need to play any games, and again I"m sorry if I gave you that impression (because it isn't so).
I am still can't get how to trade Steem dollars for Steem Power on Blocktrades cite
let me look at your account, hold on
You just go to the currency exchange here... its much easier... Its in the menu tab on the top right of the site
Click on currency exchange and you want to "buy steem"... pick your conversion rate.. They have moved the conversion rate a lot in the last week... I was getting it at .36 and .37 and now its in the .50s range. I'm not sure how the fluctuations are, but that is a very big move in a week.
I would suggest that you go to @bumper and use their service... I'm doing it now for my sbd's... I'm still in a test phase, but so far I've had 7 tests and all have outperformed their promises... If you would like to know more about how it works just let me know.. Like I said I'm in the trial phase so not ready to broadcast loudly but I have 21 tests in progress now.
I'm going to sleep right now, but if you have any questions I'll be happy to answer in my morning @marinaart :)
really helpful, thanks!
Thank you @bennettitalia, thank you for letting me know that it was helpful! Stay in touch and happy to connect to you :)
same @davemccoy all the best