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Introducing Groupvote
In this article I would like to introduce you to Groupvote through some (poor) drawings.
The idea behind Groupvote is that small accounts (ie. Less than 500HP) have a hard time getting noticed on the platform.
The top, high earning posts are usually (but not always) from large accounts:
But we're here to change that — Groupvote helps you earn free upvotes on your post. This helps you grow your account and lets you show off your talents to even more people!
Essentially, we use your Hive account to upvote other Groupvote members' posts. Later, when you post something, other members will automagically upvote your post!
Of course, you don't manually upvote anything. @groupvote (that's us) will automatically begin upvoting posts once you sign up
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this safe?
Yes. We ask for only your posting key (and that via Hivesigner) and cannot access your funds. Theoretically, your posting key would allow us to post/comment on your behalf, but we'd never do such a thing. Your posting key is only used to upvote posts on your behalf.
Will I get banned from Hive?
No. One of the beauties of Hive is that no one can "ban" you or delete your account. Moreover, this service is perfectly legal.
If you feel this service is not for you, you can leave at any time by simply revoking groupvote on Hivesigner.
How can I maximize the upvotes I get?
Great question!
For starters: do not sign up to services like SteemAuto! These services drain your upvote mana and your curation rewards are often sobering. Absolutely go for such services when you have higher voting power. For now, just don't.
Secondly: aim to convert all your HIVE and HBD into HP (in a process called powering up). This will increase your influence on the blockchain and will also increase the speed at which your account grows.
Finally, and most importantly: Post quality content. The most foolproof way to succeed on Hive is to post valuable content that the community will enjoy.
Obviously, don't copy-paste content from other places because that's just evil.
Join a community like OCD, GEMS, LeoFinance, OnChainArt (if you can draw better than I), Hive Gaming... I could go on.
When you choose a community, stick to it!
Before I leave you...
Please be aware that Groupvote strictly stands against vote harvesting of any kind. This is not a money making scheme and I do not intend to profit off it.
Moreover, Groupvote will automatically ban accounts that post in quick succession or post low-quality posts. The service is only meant to incentivize posting quality content.
Groupvote was created for one mission only: uplift small creators. I invite everywhale (and non-whale) reading this to watch me closely, lest I change directions.
You may join this service if you have less than 500HP total (including delegated), and have a reputation of less than 50.
You may not join if your account is part of a blocklist or have reputation below 25.
Thanks for reading till the end,
The Groupvote Team
Replies (10)
Typically these schemes eventually turn into dust vote spamming on only the owner's accounts, leeching pennies from the reward pool at great cost to the Hive network. But your attitude towards those buying and holding HIVE confirms the leeching intent before it's even launched.
Sounds like vote for vote type of bull shit. There are so many projects out there that actually support smaller accounts.
I'm having a hard time wrapping my brain around this. So you're saying you'll help people "show off" their talents by having accounts blindly upvoting their posts?
They'd be much better served to get a Twitter account, tweet out their Hive content using related tags (like "writing" "photography" etc, not just a tag list of big accounts), then dropping the Twitter link in the @ocd Discord channel #twitter-posh. The PoSH team literally spends hours each day MANUALLY curating them all (as in, we actually check out the content), and I have to say, we do a damn good job of it.
Best of all - we don't require the keys to your account.
(I can't believe I'm even typing that - isn't "not your keys, not your crypto" THE VERY FIRST THING we tell everyone?)
And what kind of advice is this...?
That's one of the most awesomesauce parts about Hive - there are SO many different options for different content. Are you suggesting I should post my Tarot Tuesdays into Photography Lovers, because usually my posts contain my shutterbugging adventures?
Before I stop trying to understand what fresh fuckery this is, let me just ask about this...
If you're upvoting content sight unseen, simply based on belonging to a vote trading service, what exactly would you call that, if not "vote harvesting"?
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Hello @traciyork,
We automatically ban account that shitpost for upvotes. Plagiarism-checking we leave to HiveWatchers.
New users on the hive usually only care about making money (I know since I was one of them when I joined.) People work on incentives, if you support them by throwing a few upvotes their way, they usually stick around to show off their talents.
@ocd is doing a great job at curation. It's just that the very tiny gems never get noticed. This problem will only worsen as more users join the platform.
We've tried that for years Traci, people come, post, and leave because no one notices them [1]. We need a new approach before Steem gets ahead of us.
We don't either. We use Hivesigner AND revoke access to ourselves once the user has 500HP.
It is not vote harvesting because, as I said earlier, you only get an upvote if your content is worthwhile. Earlier services existed purely to upvote in circlejerk fashion, we are not one of them.
[1]: The ones that do stay are usually people with solid HP and virtually guaranteed side-income. Also, people leave if the content is boring. More posters would almost certainly solve this problem.
Finally, I invite you to join Groupvote's discord server so you can join an existing conversation on the matter.
Thanks
The Groupvote Team
PS: If you are satisfied with my answer, I request you to upvote this content because my reputation has taken a toll from your earlier downvote.
We are one of those projects.
Hello @pfunk,
I stand by my statement. A cursory glance at HIVE's price for the last month reveals that this is not a coin that the average user would invest in, especially in face of more lucrative altcoins like RUNE.
Do not forget that only stakeholders like you have the resources to hodl HIVE during downtrends.
I'd make more money hosting ads on my website than leeching cents from the reward pool.
You don't realize the personal cost (in the form of time and server costs) I have taken in building this.
If I were to rely on dust voting to earn it back, I'd be in debt before year end.
Once again, a pitiful attempt to pin me down on my common sense statement.
You have yet to understand the great positive impact this can have on Hive, both in equality and in content quality/quantity. If we want Hive to be the next Facebook, we must make the platform something my 9 year old would want to use.
I could continue on and on about why Hive isn't growing as well as it could. But I suspect you see Groupvote as a threat to yourself. If this is true, tell me why you feel this way and I'll try my best to help you understand.
Thanks
The Groupvote Team
PS: If you are satisfied with my answer, I request you to upvote this content because my reputation has taken a toll from your earlier downvote.
Minnow support project (MSP/PAL) comes to mind right away.
Groupvote might act as support for the tenkminnows project since both of them have similar goals.
Perhaps if people spent time on their thumbnails and headlines and understood content length doesn't matter and that only the way they communicate their content and ideas is what matters then this wouldn't be an issue for so many?
I personally wouldn't be comfortable giving out my keys to anyone for any reason (well except to @ryzeonline). But I do see what you're wanting to do but I think there may be better solutions.
Either way wishing you much success.
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