If you’re looking to put some voting power to work, I have an offer and may have the answer for you.
I admit that I’m not a big fan of bots and auto-voting, but these are inevitable developments with the Steemit platform. I have yet to give in to auto-voting and don’t plan to start any time soon. I have one of the top curation scores on Steemit, according to steemwhales.com, and I do it all by manually voting. I’m currently ranked 24th in the 7-day curation score trend and 35th in the 30-day trend.
I try to avoid piling on trending authors after they have been upvoted by whales. I search the new tab and try to find authors that consistently produce good content but haven’t necessarily been “discovered” by the more influential in the community – or at least have not started receiving regular auto-votes on their posts. This has been a good strategy for me so far and I think I can maintain or even improve upon my current scores for curation.
What can this do for you? That’s the easy part.
With the recent announcement about Streemian.com now being open to all users, you can easily follow my trail and vote with me on the same content! My “operator trail” is the same name as my account here: ats-david. (Please be aware that there are two accounts, but one of them is a dead one that’s not working. It has zero followers, so don’t join that one.)
Just to demonstrate how this can be useful – especially for those who do not meet their voting target of 40 full-powered votes per day – the user @littlescribe recently began following me in an effort to increase her rewards and put her voting power to use. She went from a weekly estimated total of ~0.030 STEEM Power in curation rewards to a current estimate of 2.754 STEEM Power over the past week. This was accomplished with an account that was mostly below the 1000 SP threshold. She is currently in the 142nd position with her 7-day curation score as a result, and climbing.
As of the time of this posting, she is my only follower. If you were to join my trail, you won’t be stuck behind 10, 20, or 50 other users – as you might be with other popular trails. So, if you’re looking for a way to use that excess voting power or if you want to try to boost your rewards by voting with a top curator, then feel free to join Streemian and give it a shot. If you’re not happy with the results, you can leave my trail at any time.
What do you say? What’s the worst that could happen?
Help me help you! Help me help you! I can show you the money!
If you need me to walk you through the set-up, you can find me in the Steemit.chat under the name ats.david.
[EDIT] - I forgot to mention that I also vote on SteemSports match-ups, so you'll earn rewards from those events when I choose the winning team. If you have been voting on those events, you can simply allow my upvotes to make your selections for you. (I also happen to be a good match-up picker. I was top-10 in their last monthly list.) This will also avoid the possibility of unvoting your previous selection.
Follow me: @ats-david