The only time I upvote my own content is when that content is being curated by a trail I’m already following. I could avoid that by not following trails—no thanks. Whenever you see me upvote my content, that’s why, it wasn’t me who pulled the
What’s the big deal though? I have more logical explanations why I should upvote myself than why I should not. I don’t because I see one for me as one less for the community—that’s it, that’s all I got. I’m not opposed to self-voting for many reasons. Everyone’s first objective should always be to pay their self, not just in a tax paying world, but in an oxygen breathing world.
The more value your article shows, the more likely it is to receive clicks—traffic. So, add value to it. What you have you’ve earned. Your upvote strength wasn’t handed to you, you worked for it, spend it however and on whoever you want, including yourself. Self votes compared to community votes—no comparison. For every two self votes, you’re probably upvoting about 30 pieces of original content plus however many comments. By not voting yourself, you’re probably isolating your account from some ecosystem jargon, I have a lot of logical pro’s for self voting—I just con do it.
What do you think about self-voting? Do you have an opinion on it? I’m probably overthinking the
I still haven’t used any of my free downvotes, not one—take it easy on me, @jlsplatts! He’s always on me about that. He even got me plugged in at Steemflagrewards and Flagtrail discord, “almost.” I just have a difficult time pulling the trigger on the downvote arrow. Fact—I’ve only downvoted one person, one time, during my two year Steemit journey, @plantstoplanks can vouch for that one, it happened less than a year ago, it was an accident—I downvoted myself. That’s a true story, this account has only thrown one flag, one time, and it was against @dandays.
But that doesn’t mean I’m not on the receiving end of downvotes. I thought it was excessive when I was receiving 8-13 of those -10% downvotes per post but the number climbed to 15-20. The authors I follow receive maybe 1-2 of those -10% votes. As my average hovers in the mid to upper 20’s, the word excessive turned into ridiculous and I just pay attention to the overall now.
HF-22 really put some distance between the content consumer and the content producer—the two sides of that fence are a lot clearer now. I’m seeing more wallets with a good amount of value throw their weight around, wallets I never knew existed. HF-22 gave them a reason to be active on the platform which then incentivizes content producers to produce—chain reaction.
I did a lot of content consuming Pre HF-22, of course I did. I was still trying to release 1-3 pieces of original content each week but I was in the audience the majority of the time, nothing changed for about a year—plateau.
I dedicated more time to @foodfightfriday and @artzone. I’m still all over the platform recruiting chefs when I see someone post an article about food. @artzone, too, along with assistance from @splatz curation trail, I dedicated time toward featuring talented artists with a 50 rep score and lower. I spent a lot of time consuming. Now, however, not so much.
Now I’m receiving upvotes from large wallets I used to only hear about and it’s happening more consistently actually—that’s a welcome change! Appreciate my content like that and ‘I’ll show you!’ When the community shows appreciation for content, I want to produce, which means I don’t have the same amount of time to consume.
Finding a balance between producing and consuming, Post HF-22, is like finding an article worth reading in trending, Pre HF-22—something had to give. Your support during my journey here has been your favorite adjective.
