100% VP Ruins My Growth So I Have Made Some Changes.

"No More 100% VP!"

We all know how the rewards have changed with HF21. Instead of the previous 75/25 split between authors and curators, we have the "infamous" 50/50 split. On top of that, we have also seen how people have stopped voting on comments, as most of those upvotes turns into dust. Dust is not good, and like some people are allergic to dust in real life, many Steemians out there have become allergic to dust on the blockchain as well.

The results are simply put that authors earns less for their content and contributions, and curators earns more. We hope that these changes will increase manual curation and that good content creators will eventually earn more, as this ultimately would give these authors upvotes from more users.

I can totally see why passive or inactive users would remain passive though, as they could easily make some minor changes on steemauto and earn more than before... But this isn't about that.

This is about my voting power and how I basically allows my VP to idle, which obviously leads to less curation rewards which also affects my overall growth.

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I have never really cared much about curation rewards in the past, because truth is, that I have never cared much about rewards of 0.007 SP and whatever I've managed to earn. It has always been far more lucrative to publish content and to aim for a handful of upvotes on some comments instead, so curation rewards have never been anything I have cared about. I have been rewarding users because I've tried to give them something extra for their contributions. No matter the stake I have had. I have always had that mindset. To give others something.

I have upvoted comments on my own articles for the same reasons, but also in an attempt to show my appreciation. To show my audience that I am grateful. I have used my upvotes as a "token of appreciation", but I am likely to change my behaviour.

I recently spent about 30 minutes with Steemauto to add users, change voting times and percentages, because I don't want my voting power to sit at 100%. I am perfectly fine with having 100% for a short amount of time, but I have recently been sitting at 100% VP for several hours, and that is just a pure waste of vp, and ultimately a stupid way to ruin my own growth.

I am not really sure how I should vote, at what time and with what percentages I should vote to maximize my curation rewards, so it's a learning curve... But the most important part is that I don't sit with 100% VP for several hours, as that will affect my overall growth.

• Have you changed your voting habits?
• Will you change them?

The key is to find a good balance, so I can reward multiple users without spending too much VP, but also use enough VP so I never really hit 100% again. I could obviously just follow other curators, so I vote on whatever content they vote on, but I don't want to "circle-jerk" like that. I want to reward users I personally like, and content I personally enjoy, so following others is not optimal for me.

The main reason for me to think about curation rewards nowadays is due to the simple fact that my author rewards are likely to decrease and I basically want to compensate. It's not about me being entitled to rewards, it's about making the best of the situation at hand, and curation is obviously the best way to make up for the potential decreased author rewards.

• Are you going full-auto or manual?

I am likely to go with both, but I will probably go full-auto for a few days so I can see how my recent changes to steemauto works. Especially as I plan to add more users on a regular basis too.