PSA: Changing or removing your vote DOES NOT recharge voting power!
If you're like me, sometimes you remove a vote to change the voting strength on that vote after deciding the person deserves a little extra, or maybe you remove it to give that amount to someone else, and even change to a lower percentage sometimes, etc.
Turns out, this is a really bad idea. If you vote on something and then remove the vote for any reason, your voting power does not reflect the removal of the vote.
Don't worry though, it gets even worse. If you change a vote from 75% to 100%, your voting strength will be drained as if you used a 175% vote, and vice versa.
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You can literally drain all of your voting power on a single vote by tweaking it multiple times, please do not undo or change your votes unless you have a very good reason.
Anyway, I hope that saves you some trouble, it's a really sneaky thing that can cost you a lot lurking around in the background. I have probably wasted 100 votes worth of voting power because I didn't notice until now, so spread the message with a RESTEEM if you didn't already know this, or think your followers are falling into the same trap.
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This post is really usefull. resteemed
Re-steemed og upvoted 100%
thanks @xpilar ^_^
you're welcome
This is a great tip. Revoting also destroys your curation award.
That's true, I suppose steemit really doesn't like people changing their minds about something lol
Your activity has been logged for all eternity in the blockchain lol
Thank you for your tipp i dont know that until now.
100% upvote + follow ;)
Greez bluchr.
thanks @bluchr ^_^
awesome to know, liked and resteemed!
thank you ^_^
Aww I thought you were just using votes to curtail your comment sections and where not concurred about it.
For anyone who does not know you can view your voting power in a few places.
https://steemdb.com
https://steemd.com
The way I finally noticed something was amiss was changing from a 75% vote to 100% vote and seeing the same value, then changing back to 75% and it was a smaller value, I thought something is not quite right and then used steemd to confirm it. Thanks for posting the links by the way, I forgot to include that.
Thanks!!! For the Tip @alphcore Resteemed
thank you @thesocialqueen , I hope it helps your followers avoid this mistake ^_^
Thanks for the heads-up. They really need to make the curating rewards and voting strength system clearer. Resteemed.
Thanks to @alphacore human anime unit for great post. Units logic is sound concerning upvote process. Janitor unit wishes much pine sol to be gained by @alphacore human anime unit. Janitor unot has completed cleaning of units floor
lol :D
Thanks for the info, I have one more question though. I am still fairly new and don't have a lot of impact with my votes, meaning that basically every vote I do is worth $0.01. Does voting power still have an impact for someone like me where all my votes are basically the same value.
yes, there is a number that recharges about 20% per day governing your voting power. Even if you don't have access to the slider for voting strength this is important, so while you don't have as much reason to be changing votes as someone with the slider that can change their vote strength it would still drain your voting power if you were to vote then unvote then vote again (for whatever reason), so just keep it in mind, especially for when you unlock the slider (about 500SP).
alphacore you said to unlock the voting power will need to have upto 500SP. Pls this is what i notice when you register as a new member on steemit you are given 500sp that means anybody can unlock there voting power. Pls correct me if am getting it wrong
SP = Steem Power, you have much less than 500 when you start because they are worth over $1 each. Just check your wallet here:
https://steemit.com/@osasinfo/transfers
to find exact amount that you have and the amount delegated to you.
Oh my mistake it 0.500sp thanks