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RE: I Finally Understand 50/50 Steemit Author Rewards, and So Can You
Thanks for the explanation, I was wondering about the curation rewards. Another one that puzzles me is how reputation works. Do you get vests for any votes including your own? Or only from votes from people who has more steem power than you?
I think reputation is mostly just a vanity metric in that it doesn't really seem to do anything. There are whales here with lots of Steem Power and low reputations because they've gotten into flagging wars. So far as I know, it's purely calculated from the upvotes you get (or flags).
Yes, the voting power of the people who upvote you matters in the calculation for reputation. I think all votes count, but people with higher power matter a lot more. People with more power usually have higher reps (but not always) just because they have had the chance to gain more votes.
Good point. It does seem like when people look through new posts they are more likely to vote or comment if they see for example (72) next to the post authors name.
Sure, one vote from a whale can be worth dozens of votes from plankton like me. Since it's hard to gain those votes, a less stressful and more fun approach is to just try to network with Steemians who interest you. Nice to meet you!
If you don't know about steemworld.org, it's really helpful to check your account there. For example, your reputation actually goes up by fractions of points, but it won't show here until you cross a whole number. You just enter steemworld.org/@youruserid
Did not know about that tool, have been looking at steemd. Thanks!