What is an "steemit whale"?The Explaination Below-MUST READ-

What are "whales" ?
Hello steemians,

I've been learning as much about steemit as possible over recent days and have come across mention of all sorts of bizarre terminology including "whales"

What is a steemit whale?

What is a whale?

The answer is Steemit users who have a large Steem Power holding are able to influence rewards by upvoting. I recommend that new users check out the white paper: https://steem.io/SteemWhitePaper.pdf

What effect can a whale have on an artcile if they upvote?

Easiest Explanation of the power of a Whale's vote is to look at the stats below I removed the votes from Whales in graph below:

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What impact does a whale have when they upvote comments?

The answer is when a whale upvotes an article it makes quite the splash! Whales, for the most part, will determine which posts get the most attention and which posts make the most money. This makes sense, since the whales are the most heavily invested in the platform, and therefore have the most incentive to select worthwhile material.

Do their votes affect the trending and/or hot functionality?

STEEM POWER you have, the more impact you have. So like, you can't just get 100 of your friends to make accounts and upvote you.. the upvote only matters proportional to how much that person has invested in the platform. And a "whale" just means there will be a ton of STEEM POWER behind one single vote. (There's no specific point where someone becomes a whale, it just means they have a bunch of STEEM POWER.)

How does someone become a whale, do they have to make a lot of posts or receive a lot of upvotes?

The surest way to become a whale would be to buy a lot of STEEM POWER, if you're wealthy enough to do it. If that's not an option, you'll have to earn it. It might take a long time, or a lot of luck, to post your way into being a whale. But there's nothing wrong with being a dolphin.

Have all whales made a lot of money on steemit?

Whales have not necessarily made a lot of money on Steemit. Any user who chooses to purchase STEEM POWER can do so, and would then be considered a whale if they bought enough. In general those with a lot of STEEM POWER have probably profited a lot, since they'll tend to be interested in providing good content and since STEEM has risen in price, but anyone with deep enough pockets could become a whale right now.

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