Joining HIVE and learning all about the dynamics of this blockchain has been...An adventure!
One of the 'battles' over the years has been the debates about...Self-votes.
On one side of the coin, people have no issue with it. It's decentralized, your votes, you can do with it as you wish. This was the side of the coin I have been on since day one of my journey on HIVE.
I mean, I invested my own money into this, why shouldn't I be able to vote for myself right?
The other side of the coin, I never quite understood....
People screaming rewards pool abuse on the previous blockchain, folks seemed to really get upset about it. I never understood why...If we are saying it's decentralized and it's your Hive Power...Why shouldn't we be voting our own content?
And then...
A combination of things happened this past week that made me look into exactly why going forward, I will no longer self-vote my own content.
Have you ever noticed some of these large accounts on HIVE?
Usually whales, but not always...Plenty of Orcas that create zero content...Literally, they barely even make comments...But then you look at the rewards they are pulling in...Daily!
Why is that?
The beauty of the HIVE blockchain....The 50 / 50 split between creators and curators!
And then to cement this revelation I had, this popped into my feed...
A remarkable post by 
I started reading this and it was like...Lightbulbs started to go off in my head.
Almost 3 years of being on the blockchain and I finally 'GOT' why curation can not only be rewarding but can help HIVE grow to extreme levels!
Here's what I finally understood about my journey on HIVE....
I tell the world how great this community is, and how we have the best engagement on any social media blockchain....
But then I go around and use the rewards I could support others with..On my own posts? Instead of focusing on rewarding the amazing creators here...And these days, it almost seems like it's more rewarding to curate, rather than self-vote!
Hey look, I'm not saying I'm taking a back seat to stop writing and doing videos...I love this stuff...
But I can take my little voting power that I have...And focus on others!
That is the key for me...And in the process, thanks to the examples from some of the silent whales around HIVE, I now see how it actually benefits me...To help others with my votes!
I don't fault a single person for voting their own content...Heck I've been doing it since December 2017. It's your crypto, do whatever you want with it.
But for me...I'm done!
It's now time for me to use my little voting power and focus on the members of the CTP Swarm and the amazing creators and community here on HIVE...That's my focus now.
You know what is so amazing about this blockchain...
Even after almost 3 years into this place, I'm learning new things each and everyday from all of you!
Thank you for adding to my journey :)
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