External upvotes adds reputation to your number.
When I joined http://Steemit.com on 2017 Fathers Day, June 18th, Sunday, my reputation was at 25. As of Thursday, it was 44. According to other Steem posts, my score or grade or reputation is 44 out of 100. They said the score is on some kind of like earthquake scale, the Richter Scale.
They said your own upvotes on your own posts and comments does not impute or give you more reputation and that reputation can only come from others.
Bigger fish and whales can give you more reputation.
But they can also maybe downvote and flag you if they want.
Flagging might be a step towards Chinese Censorship like what you see on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Google, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and others through corporatism, technocracy, oligarchy, plutocracy, crony capitalism, collectivism, monopolies, deep states, Rothschild, Rockefeller, Soros, Clinton, Bush, the Queen of England, world banks, NWO, and others.
For your Reputation Update go to the Steem Cool and type in your Username:
http://Steem.Cool
http://Steem.Cool/@joeyarnoldvn
According to Steem Cool:
As of now, this year, 2017, this month, June, the 22nd: Thursday: 9 PM: ET:
153 billion reputation points
14 billion reputation (REP) points left until Next Level
0.0 M Vested Power
12.88 Voting Power
Created by Blue Orgy
@blueorgy
If you like this Steem Cool APP, please upvote /resteem / follow Blue Orgy:
https://steemit.com/@blueorgy
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I am still trying to learn more about reputation and everything on Steem.
My Steem is http://steemit.com/@joeyarnoldvn
My reputation is 153 billion but but that is a big number.
Why is the number so big?
How do I get vested power? I have no vested power. Why not?
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QUALITY OVER QUANTITY:
They also say your reputation rises as you post quality, not quantity posts and comments.