How do YOU want to see @randowhalebonus used?
Please, provide your suggestions on how you would like to see the @randowhalebonus account used!
Currently, the @randowhalebonus account is voting on every post that is processed at 1% voting power, which is still depleting the power faster than it can be recharged. How would you like to see this vote used? It's not huge, but every little bit helps, right?
A couple ideas...
- Keep it voting at 1% on every request
- Vote randomly (X% of the time) with a higher % weight
- Only run when voting power is above X% and vote with a higher % on every post (or random?)
Only run when voting power is above X% and vote with a higher % on every post
Save some VP by not giving bonus votes on comments and put that towards randomly boosting top level posts that have been randowhale'd by people other then the author.
This one. Stress the randowhale'd by people other then the author.' This way @randowhalebonus is actually a bonus based on people that aren't just trying to profit themselves.
Concur. I had done this in the past when someone suggested that it shows you are willing to support the platform using actual funds but after careful thought it seems rather it is as you said. People that use @randowhale on their own posts are like those that self voting. It isn't so much about profiting the platform as much as it is about one profiting their self. Not cool.
My philosophy has shifted to "If you build it, they will come." that is when you create solid content. The upvotes, resteems and comments will come naturally. I also will admit that I have engaged in self voting as well if I earnestly believe my post to be of quality but I just need to have more faith in the community I reckon.
without bots and selfvotes a lot of minnows would not get any votes at all
It's true, I'm a minnow and If I didn't upvote myself I would have 1 view and 1 upvote worth 0.01 cent after putting like 2 HOURS into a post that I really think people would like. I've used randowhale twice to upvote my posts and it makes it at least so my hard work doesn't go unnoticed and isn't a total waste of time. I'm currently waiting for him to wake up so someone in the world can see my latest posts other than me lol.... :(
Like I said to @seveaux. Keep you chin up @rebeccagomez! I've also had the experience of high effort posts not getting recognized. Sometimes our work may not get recognized when we expect. Even if it is truly good, it could take some time. I alluded to Van Gogh whose fame mostly was not achieved during his life which was tragic. I think we have advantages. We remain diligent with posting and helping one another. We will succeed. By the way, I have followed you and will check out your posts.
Keep your chin up @seveaux. You didn't need a bot to earn my meager upvote. I know it can be discouraging at times. I put my heart and soul into my post and some are hardly noticed. Remember, even the great artist Vincent Van Gogh didn't achieve most fame for his work until after his death. That's crazy! I'll just hope someone finds value in my work while I am yet on this side of eternity.
I agree with you Anthonyadavisii. Let's upvote each other than self voting.
The road, unfortunately, can be a long one to get to be a bigger fish. Networking, I suppose, is like that.
Great idea, I really want to throw these votes at others, but they are so tiny.
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this is one of the best ideas out of everything i've heard all week!
some times the bonus votes doesnt come @randowhale
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No more bonus, but a 2nd randowhale option to pay 5 or 10 sbd for 5x or 10x the voting weight ;D
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I'm with ericwoelk here...
I like this option
Only run when voting power is above X% and vote with a higher % on every post (or random?)
or maybe we need 2 randowhales
Good point, two would be good! Have a great day!! Following you...
You can sleep after each alternate day our after 12 hour clock so that it regains the voting power .... With all the good work you are doing resting is important too.
smaller votes and +ev for minnows.
I suggest it be so:
I believe this would be an excellent setup.
The voting power would not drain as fast, the rewards would be a real bonus.
What do you think?
I support your idea
Two thoughts:
Easier said than done and after writing those ideas I already started seeing how they could be used unfairly - but who knows, what does everyone think?
maybe smaller votes , ie. .5% voting power and less STD for the vote, that would make more votes
we can get STDs from @randowhale??
...oh! I might want to see a doctor!
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ewwwwww!
lol, yeah sorry, that had to be done
You now have whale herpes. Great!
Personally, I think there should be an option for larger upvotes if Randowhale is at a certain voting power. Let it recharge so to speak, maybe a second Randowhale that is specifically for that. To help promote larger upvoted posts(in terms of USD) and push them further up the trending/hot section.
I say this because that would be better than promoting your post using SBD through the Steemit interface. When you promote your post with SBD through the Steemit post promotion function you lose all of that SBD and likely won't get almost any of it back(unless you are a bigger dolphin/whale and have a following).
I have promoted a few of my posts before that way and it didn't get almost any benefit.
I think it would be better if you could for example, Send Randowhale 20 SBD and get an upvote worth 17 SBD to 25 SBD in total(you can get more than that and break even or make a little profit). From what I understand your post is higher on the trending/hot section potentially and you didn't have to lose all 20 SBD by using the Steemit promote function. If that is correct, that a post with higher USD upvote value is pushed up, then I see that as way better and more sustainable to minnows growing larger(as the don't lose all their SBD).
For smaller people, we can't afford to spend 20 SBD and have that post make almost nothing. The post could be great quality(not saying mine are or anything) and it won't earn the 20SBD back. When I look at most of the stuff in the promoted tab the only stuff that earns it back are whales/dolphins with followings, and the other stuff loses 95% of what they put in. Eventually you run out of SBD as a minnow and can't continue.
If people abuse that service they should be banned too, which opens up another can of worms I don't have any answer for. I do not know what can of worms it opens if you would accept large amounts.. Having a larger upvote service might be more of a manual thing then?? I am not sure of the logic for how a bot would handle that I guess. I don't know too much about that sorry!
I hope that rambling makes sense, sorry if I messed some parts up(really tired today).
I like this idea but have no sbd left lol
Cool!
That would be generally a bigger vote, btw
Good point, thanks for this! Have a great day!! Following you...
upvote my comment
upvote my posts . i need it