Quick Tip: Are You Out Of Upvotes? - 4 Ideas To Help You Your Take Hand Off That Vote Button

This is a "Quick Tip" to help those that are compulsive upvoters and can't keep their hands off the vote button and are out of juice. (see picture A below)

(Picture A from Steemworld.org)
Note: the pics above mean your votes have no power and it will take you 4days and 10hrs to recharge back to 100% (if you do not upvote during that time). You can find your own voting power meter at www.steemworld.org/@yourusername

#1 Idea To Help You Your Take Hand Off That Vote Button - Make A Meaningful Comment

Always make a meaningful comment to the author's post if you like it. Be very sincere and make sure you reply based on what the author posted. You should try to find a way to express your appreciation for the post they made. (Note: an author will like that better than a very small upvote)

Examples Of Good Comments

Note: not every person is a wordsmith and gifted with perfect grammar or style. But in these 3 cases you can see the people actually looked at the article and took the time to ask a question, comment on the quality, or give their appreciation. It is not that hard to do so and will express yourself better than an upvote will.

Examples Of Weak Comments

Note: these comments are weak because they looked like they were just "stop-bys" (someone trying to just stick their small opinion and hoping to get an author upvote for money). Most authors disregard these comments and view them as fake. So just take the time and use your own genuine words and do it right. (its not that much harder to say something nice and meaningful from the heart, but it makes a big difference)

#2 Idea To Help You Your Take Hand Off That Vote Button - Resteem It!

If you like an article/post and you don't have an upvote to give, just resteem it. The reason is if you truly like it and want to help the author, then putting it on your page will help the author get more views (see picture B). A resteem is much more valuable to an author than a small vote.

(Picture B - pic of my blog and a resteemed article)

Note if you want to tell the author that you resteemed it, its ok to do so, but you should also say something nice too. Don't just say "resteemed" in the comment box. Say something nice about the post and say the post was so good that you are resteeming it. (this is a personal choice whether to tell them or not)

#3 Idea To Help You Your Take Hand Off That Vote Button - Tag A Comment With @originalworks

If the article is original and no one has tagged it yet with @originalworks, then you can do so and it is a way to help the author to earn at least something from the post. (Especially if the author is small and not a whale)

(Picture C: screenshot of my tag in the comment box)

All you have to do is to go to the reply button and just type in @originalworks into a SEPARATE reply from the one you complimented them on. Again, only do this if you like the post and feel that the author needs some appreciation. It helps them and is a sign of respect that you would try to get them some payout.

#4 Idea To Help You Your Take Hand Off That Vote Button - Use The Power Of @resteemable

Use the much bigger power of @resteemable to resteem it through their network. This works the same as the concept behind you resteeming it, but it has the power of a bigger account behind it.

(Picture D: screenshot showing what to replace and insert)

To do this, you simply need to go into the URL of ANY post, and replace the https:// with the 2 letters re (see Picture D above). And this is what it will look like before you send it by clicking the arrow (see Picture E below)

(Picture E: screenshot with the https:// removed and the "re" inserted)

What will happen next if you do it right is you will see a screen that asks you if you would like to donate. Note: of course since you are small they don't expect you to donate, they are a service to help the small guys and the donating is for the bigger fish

Once you see this screen, you did it RIGHT! Hit the back button and you're done. The request is sent and it will be processed automatically by @resteemable.

Conclusion:

I hope these quick tips will help you to show your appreciation in other ways, rather than over-using your upvotes. Upvoting is good, but these tips are better (especially when you are smaller). Everyone here wants you to succeed. And we all know that in order to accomplish this we all must do our best with the tools we have. Thankfully steemit is filled with some awesome tools to allow that to happen.