Achievement 6 Task by @oluolvic: Understanding Curation and Community

I made my achievement 1 post october 2021, from then on it has been a worthy experience on this great platform everyday. Now I present my achievement 6 with special gratitude to the wonderful people mentioned at the close of this piece.

Firstly, let me explain some more of my knowledge of steemit.

Voting and curation in steemit

Most social media have the 'like' button under all posts to indicate our approval of the particular content, steemit is not an exemption. When you like a particular post on steemit, you have upvoted the post. When you dislike it, you have downvoted the post. When a post is upvoted, it comes with real reward. Curation is when a post or content is been voted on, thus, voting and curation works together.

The reward that comes with an upvote is a function of the mana possessed by the Curator. It is first set at 100% and takes out 2% every time you upvote at 100%. This voting mana recharges by 20% per day. Only steemians who possess up to 500SP can adjust their voting strength. Downvoting does not add any earning to the curation reward and it's mana is 25% of the upvote mana.

Time of voting has effect on the reward as revealed by steemscan and Steemworld.
The time effect is as follows :
After 1 minute, the curator reward is 20% while 80% stays in the pool.
After 2 minutes, the curator reward is 40% while 60% is allotted to the pool.
After 3 minutes, the curator reward is 60% while the reward that goes to the pool is 40%.
After 4 minutes, the curator reward increases to 80% while the reward that goes back to the pool is 20%.
However, 100% of the curation rewards goes to the curator of the post after the 5 minutes mark as nothing is allocated to the pool.

Steem Witness

Witnesses prevent attacks from hackers and run the steem blockchain, they are elected by the community to make a new block every 3 seconds. They are paid by SP as they work full time.
I will vote for @justyy, he upvoted my achievement 5.3, he developed steemyy. I'll also vote @okay, he's the youngest old soldier in server management.

The communities I'm glued to.

1. Steemit crypto academy: I love education, this is a school on cryptocurrency. I want to learn more about blockchain and cryptocurrency.

2. Steem travelers: We all travel at one point or the other, I want to read about the travel experience od steemians and also share mine.

3. Motivation story: As a writer, I love motivational and inspirational writing. I love to share stories to urge us on the right path. This is the answer for everything motivation, philosophy, wisdom and knowledge.

4. Steeming diaries: Here I cam share my thoughts, feelings and experiences and also read that of other steemians too.

My profund gratitude goes to @msquaretk who introduced me to this wonderful platform. He has carried me on his back like a baby thus far ensuring my development.

I am eternally grateful to @fredquantum who nurtured me with milk and watered my steemit garden with his expertise ensuring my growth.

I have followed the guidelines created by @cryptokannon all along my achievement posts and I didn't get stuck at any point, for this, I say thank you @cryptokannon.

Special thanks to @reddileep @steemcurator03 @dilchamo @hive-111293 @dobartim @udyliciouz @team @ponpase @seo-boss @lovvyday @xkool24 @steemalive @psicoparedes
Their joint efforts saw me through achievement task 1 to 6.
Thank you steemians, as I submit.