Minnowbooster - The Voting Data, exposed! (Upgoats Everywhere!)

Last week, I did some analysis on @randowhale's use since its inception. It isn't the only voting bot out there. I was approached by @reggaemuffin (thanks @suesa for the introduction) to look into the @minnowbooster bot to provide some stats on its usage.

I was provided some data, and today, I'd like to present my findings.

First, some information about @minnowbooster:

• @minnowbooster is not just a bot you go to do upvote content
• you can powerup minnowbooster, and get a return on the steempower you contribute.
• you can delegate SP to Minnowbooster, and make it more powerful.
• you can lease SP from Minnowbooster to make your own votes more powerful.

My favourite feature is what happens when you request a self-upvote:

@holoz0r, pictured as a dirty self-voter

There's a lot of features, and you can read about them in the Introduction Post

Now, for the votes, with the data provided kindly by @reggaemuffin:

Sample Size: 5422 Votes
Votes for Others: 655 (12.04%)
Self Votes: 4787 (87.96%)

Top 30 Users who have voted for others

User	Votes for Others	SBD Spent
@cardboard	10	8.332
@kkkttt05	10	0.28
@botmarley	8	1.2
@renat242	7	7
@anetchen	7	8
@rkrijgsman	7	1.8
@vinayakn	7	6.5
@cheeto.blue	7	3.5
@gpfelizco	7	0.07
@dwightjaden	6	0.06
@bhightech	6	0.51
@foxycat	6	7
@suggeelson	5	0.9
@slayerkm	5	6.45
@gee-world	5	1
@kennyskitchen	5	3.1
@deveerei	5	0.81
@welcomesteemians	4	6
@steemshiro	4	0.8
@loveisintheair	4	5
@rensoul17	4	3.59
@travelingartgal	4	3
@geke	4	4
@sandaraclark	4	1.41
@mdsquared	4	5
@artcurator	4	4.83
@zest	4	3
@steemislove	3	0.03
@quotesteemit	3	1.543
@voghera	3	2.485
@gamerpool	3	4

Top 30 Users who have votes for themselves

User	Votes for Self	SBD Spent
@cryptopie	309	4.661
@gwapology	209	13.39
@aboutall	108	3.53
@qasimwaqar	51	14
@aniksh	44	6.46
@duckmast3r	33	6.8
@styleyfrancky	28	6.12
@angrezi	27	7.39
@asim	26	31.364
@bhightech	25	13.95
@rkrijgsman	24	8.6
@writemore	24	62.832451
@pennystockhelp	24	8.4
@sam99	23	15.5
@pastzam	23	7.9
@fairgirl	23	5.92
@better-life-tips	23	8.29
@abh12345	22	11.463
@thedonfreeman	21	7.23
@bloomberg215	21	13.912
@ghasemkiani	20	26
@tamiil	19	8
@saveron23	19	6
@alexthemagician	19	13.007
@shahabuddin222	18	6.2
@pioner888777	18	6.6
@kishan	18	4.7
@morpheus03	18	10.924
@coolwitch	18	1.839
@lgfurmanczyk	17	5.9
@arthestically	17	12

@minnowbooster won't let you vote-spam to oblivion, destroying it (or the rewards pool); this means that for most situations, users will need to think about what they're voting on, and not just throw SBD / STEEM at everything that they post, as evidenced by the prior investigation of @randowhale.

The bot is also fair, it refunds invalid bids, and is altruistic and fun in its design. With the data provided, we can see that just over $4000 SBD has flowed into the coffers of @minnowbooster.

It is fully transparent (just like everything else on a blockchain), however, @minnowbooster proudly streams its votes here .

I'd love to see a larger quantity of upvotes gifted to others with bots like minnowbooster, randowhale and booster, but from the ones that I've looked at so far, @minnowbooster does seem to have the most potential to allow the community (especially minnows) to be able to support each other (and themselves) within reasonable limits.

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