Hey reader, glad you made it here. While this is a post for minnows, it can also benefit varieties of people on the steemit platform. Today we're going to be talking about reputation, yeah, the little number at the top of your blog beside your display name. We're going to be perusing on what it means, it's significance and why it could go up and down.
I for one have introduced a couple of people to steemit who constantly complain of not really understanding what most of the icons on their blog denotes and why this has put them off blogging for a while. Well today thank God you've come across this post, so seat back and let's be enlightened.
What is Reputation on steemit?
When you initially make your record(join steemit) you begin at a reputation of 25 and your reputation will increase or diminish in light of the upvotes or downvotes you get.
Each client has a reputation score alongside their name. The reputation score is one way Steemit measures the measure of significant worth you have conveyed to the group. It is additionally a system that is intended to help diminish manhandle of the Steemit stage. Your reputation goes up when accounts vote on your posts. Getting downvoted by somebody with a higher reputation can drive your reputation down and make your posts less popular.
It is around 1.3 times harder to get to the following level than it was to get to the past level. Fundamentally it is 30% harder to get to a Reputation Score of 50 from a Reputation Score of 49 than it was to get to a Reputation Score of 49 from a Reputation Score of 48.
Digging a little deeper
The reputation system is a piece of data that allows the network to communicate the "trust-worthiness" of any given member within the network, the system does this through a plugin running on the network that looks at a number of metrics.
Raw reputation on the blockchain is actually stored as a record of the total amount of shares that have been received by any given account. What that essentially means is that it records the amount of times you have been voted for (on any of your posts or comments) and how much steem power each of those accounts had behind them (or to be more explicit the percentage of voting power of the total steem power of each account which voted. )
How is the Reputation score estimated?
An excellent explanation on calculating reputation level (which is the number displayed on steemit.com and on esteem as well as on busy.org) from raw reputation can be found here
Each new client begins off with a Reputation score of 25. The Reputation score is based off of a log10 framework, which implies that a score of 40 is around 10x superior to a score of 30.
An interesting glimpse into early iterations of the reputation system can also be found https://steemit.com/steemit/@dantheman/brief-update-on-reputation-score
How do I improve my reputation score?
steps to Follow?
Here are the four simple and basic steps i learnt will improve my reputation score. I can say it's worked quite well for my mentors. Check these methods out and try it to boost your own reputation score. ( I know I will)
- Follow
- Upvote
- Resteem
- Post
On the off chance that you follow others they will follow you back and your substance will be obvious to more viewers. Follow those steemians whose works are identified with you yet keep focus on every day basis.If you have low voting powers at that point leave comment,Resteem or post your own article on any subject you want.No matter how you are composing, however unique your substance and incredible work, your work may not be acknowledged because of duplicate work,thereby decreasing your reputation score. While commenting don't spam simply demonstrate your reaction for the post.you may likewise Resteem the post you like.
What causes your reputation score to go down?
At the point when somebody with higher reputation scores Down-vote your posts or remarks (probably due to plagiarism or spamming) , at that point your reputation score will go down. In the event that somebody with low reputation scores than you Down-vote you, this will have no impact at all to your reputation score. On the off chance that your post or remark that was downvoted still got more upvotes than downvotes (weighted by SP), at that point the net impact on your reputation score will even now be certain.
Why does my reputation score count?
A reputation score is one way Steemit measures the measure of significant worth you have conveyed to the group. In land, they say there are three factors absolutely critical: area, area, area. On Steemit, those things are: reputation, reputation. It's not to state different factors aren't critical, but rather reputation will be a gigantic factor in your level of accomplishment. Numerous Steemians look at clients' reputation scores when choosing which articles to peruse in light of the fact that they know higher reputation scores implies it is significantly more likely quality substance. Moreover, the higher your reputation, the more impact your vote will have on the reputation of others. It is important that if your reputation score goes underneath 0, Steemit will conceal your posts and remarks making it extremely hard to increase fiscal prizes and supporters. This boosts online behavior and regard for your kindred Steemians.
If you want to get a quick view and more understanding of what reputation score entails, you can watch this video by @robinhaney
Sincerely,
@highjaykay.