I still see many posts out there without the use of STEEM Tribe tags. I’m going to explain to you by example why you are losing out if you are one of these posters and not using at least one tag.
Before I go into specifics, some appear to be abusing the tags. Yes, they are great but we should still be able to figure out what your post is about.
I too slipped into this ‘bad habit’ for a couple of posts before I read @abh12345’s post about this very topic. It’s hard to be humble but a kick up the arse can be a good thing sometimes and I now have my own formula for Tribe tags.
Take the latest post I produced yesterday which has a main topic of Golf.
The tags for this post are: #golf #sportstalk #palnet #busy #creativecoin
The main tag for ALL my posts going forward will be directly what the topic is about. #sportstalk is the sports tribe and golf is a sport; no contest with this one.
#palnet is a general tribe which can be used for any type of content. I use #palnet for ALL of my content, having staked 100% of the airdrop.
#busy is simply present so that I can get a vote from #busy. No big secret about this one, though you need to use their dApp at www.busy.org to qualify.
#creativecoin is the one that could be questionable. My post is relating to personal experience and tells a story, straight out of my head.
I did question @dereangedvisions, a moderator on the CreativeCoin Discord channel and he informed me that content of this type does fall under the #creativecoin category.
Seeing that @dereangedvisions upvoted it, well I think that can be taken as an OK.
However, can I ask where is the line drawn? If I walk down the street and tell a story about what happened, it may make for boring reading.
Is that suitable too? Though it technically is the same, eg.. a story that came out of my brain it would be as dull as dishwater.
How about this post. Could it be perceived as 'non-fiction creative content?'
That is one of the CCC categories but I feel #steemleo fits it better, and so have used that one. There are so many grey areas, and I think many of us would like more clarification.
The benefits of using these tags, of course, are the potential rewards. As I mentioned above, let's look at this by example.
STEEM current reward is $8.34 and with the current price of STEEM being at $0.23 that will give me an approximate reward of 35 STEEM. After curation is removed we are looking at 26 STEEM (75/25 split).
Now let’s see what value those THREE tribes can add to this.
SportsTalk current reward is 8924 SPORTS which at the current sell price equates to 26.7 STEEM After curation is removed (50%) we are looking at 13 STEEM (rounded down)
PALNet current reward is 6.38 PAL which at the current sell price equates to 2.5 STEEM After curation is removed (50%) we are looking at 1.5 STEEM (rounded down)
CreativeCoin current reward is 327 CCC which at the current sell price equates to 14 STEEM After curation is removed (50%) we are looking at 7 STEEM (rounded down)
It can be seen that SportsTalk tokens reward rather well right now, or maybe I have just been fortunate. The facts are that by simply using the tags, my potential rewards have increased from 26 STEEM to 47.5 STEEM.
Not too far from doubling is it? Can you now see why you should use Tribe tags?
With those facts out of the way, I will profess to only use tags that I have a stake in. If you are going to use them, for god sake do the decent thing and give something back by doing the same.
By staking them you are doing what STEEM Power is to STEEM. Having a stake in each of the ones you are going to use makes sense to me.
There are only so many I can use, and those are the ones I will continue to hold and add to my stake. Make sure you choose yours wisely and are pertinent to your writing topics and style.
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