First, people. The voting potential has been reduced quite a bit so replying and saying "Come vote for my post" is not the way to go. I can vote 10 posts per day with my account at 100%. I could vote 100 posts per day at 10%. I love to vote. I'm still trying to find my balance and doing a piss poor job of it.
I will vote for people. There will be people I find a good thing after I've voted more than I should that I don't vote for just because I've BLOWN MY WAD so to speak. In the past before HF19 (which I really like, just trying to find a rhythm) I voted 100% on posts and 20% on comments, and I voted on almost any comment that was even slightly engaging. I've been trying a few 100% and some lower on posts, and I've had to resort to 1% per comment. I am still rapidly seeing my voting % decline. This means I'm going to have to vote less or I'm going to need to drop my post voting slider lower. It will probably be the latter.
In that image because of how much I vote a 100% vote from me would actually only be worth 64.36% of my vote. If I slow down some it will regenerate.
I wanted those of you that are accustomed to me voting on most of your stuff know that I will still do what I can, but if I miss some or you see me not giving you 100% now where I did in the past this is why. The only upside to this I can give you is that after HF19 even my vote at 1% is worth more than it was before the hard fork.
I believe these limits need to be here to protect the currency and all of our investment it will just take some relearning how to balance on this new high wire.
Also, we have a lot of people joining. It can be really easy to miss posts. The best thing I can say is DON'T TAKE IT PERSONAL and keep writing. I still look back at many posts I loved that I wrote that got $0. Yes, this happened. So if you make more than $0 that's actually an achievement. It is also more than any of us would be making at facebook, reddit, etc.
Again it is not personal. It is either I didn't see the post, or I didn't have any significant voting power left.
ADVICE: Don't ask for follows in comments. Some people won't follow you simply because of that. They'll follow you because they like what you said in a post or a comment. Also don't beg for votes. With how the vote balance is tough right now begging for votes is an easy one to toss aside. I say this because it is happening to me every day, and I know it is happening to people way higher in the food chain (I was number 578 when I looked yesterday) even more.
