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</div> <div class="text-justify"> There is a lot of things going on right now, many of them very similar. New entry points to the Steem block chain. New platforms to earn similar rewards from. It all gets a bit confusing in my head, what am I doing where and when. I have only just got my head around Steemit platform and all these spring up to complicate the thoughts. So I thought I would bring you all up to to date. We now publish our post on three platforms. Steemit Whaleshare and Weku are the three platforms. Which platform is better than the other only time will tell. The inner workings of the platforms, such as values of rewards I do not know. Sure any value said could change too. Which one has a greater value than the other I do not know. I use them as they might just provide a boost in our ability to reach an investment pace slightly quicker.
All three platforms are very similar in appearance at the moment. I expect over time changes will be made and various tools will be added to all sites. Eventually, all the things seen on one platform will in the majority of cases be available in some form on all.
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Being able to keep up with them all is a different story and we will have to judge that as things go. Keeping up with comments being the hardest part. Some additions will be added to the Discord server to accommodate links for all three sites. Starting of new again on two sites. It will take some time to build up strength on the two newest. We have had some growth in our original account on Steemit. This might be due to less posts going out by others. It does not have any cost to use to use the other platforms other than time.
Although it is generally the same as Steemit. It can become confusing what got typed where to who when and why. That could be over thinking things. It could also run so smooth that noticing the use of three sites is a rare thing. My primary focus is on *The Hive in Steemit. I am keeping a close eye on whaleshares too. As I am aware of right now, Weku is still in training and not on an exchange yet.
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With the hard fork, the time on the reward % has changed. The best time to vote on a post now is the 15 Minute mark. Voting before this time returns some of the reward back to the pool.
Previously, the voting time was 30 minutes.
If you voted as soon as a post was made You would give your curating reward to the author of the post. each minute that passed you would then gain 3.4% of your curating reward. Reaching 100% of your curating reward at 30 minutes. This time has reduced to 15 minutes.
Though it is true that voting before the 15 minutes in many cases will not be a big loss in rewards to the author. It does cause some, The curating reward that get dismissed are accumulated on with all the votes that come after. The best time to vote so there becomes no dust is at the 15 minute mark.
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Some other groups I invite you to take a look at are:
The @IFC Discord group: https://discord.gg/uSGDtKR
The @cryptoempire Discord Server: https://discord.gg/9JhyHXg
The @asapers Discord Server: https://discord.gg/2gJD7PW
The @buddyup Discord Server: https://discord.gg/3d5H3K8
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