How do we know if an account is **plankton**, **minnow**, **dolphin**, **shark/orca** or **whale**? The @SteemSmarter team is trying to figure it out and wants your feedback!

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## Feedback #1 - Shark instead of Orca?
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We thought an "Orca" is a confusing animal since it looks too similar to a whale (and is called a "killer whale"). We considered what is between a whale and a dolphin conceptually – and decided to use Shark instead. Which do you like better? 

**Which do you like better: Shark or Orca?*** 

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## Feedback #2 – How do we define the "fish level" for each Account?
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In Version 2 of the "Daily Winners Report" we will introduce statistics based on an Account's SP weight. We all familiar with this concept as **plankton**, **minnow**, **dolphin**, **shark**, **whale**, etc. 

We've found some issues with the current *community standard* regarding how these Account "fish levels" are weighed, and we want to present an updated measurement on how these standards are evaluated. We call this new metric our "Fish Scales" because it shows the weight of each Account's potential voting power.

We've used the current Steem and SBD prices to help determine how much a 100% upvote at 100% VP would result in for each fish type, and scaled our **plankton** / **minnow** / **dolphin** / **shark** / **whale** metrics to reflect _current_ Steem Power (including SP delegated in and out), _not_ the total VESTS in the Steem platform like other reports.

### Do these look correct? Would you classify yourself the same or different?

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## Feedback #3 – Delegated SP (include or not?)

I've noticed that most other apps/platforms using the standard way of evaluating an Account's fish weight was only using the SP native to the account. This means any SP delegated to or from (in or out) wouldn't be included. 

- If a whale delegates 99.9% of their SP, then in our opinoin they are no longer a whale, but maybe a minnow. 

- If a minnow is delegated 40,000 SP, then they are now a Dolphin. 

### Do you agree that SP delegation should impact an Account's classification?

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