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# While checking out the @berniesanders blog the other day, it occurred to me that many of these cats heavily vested in the platform are resteeming content, *a lot.*

As someone who has, since the beginning, been much more focused on the creative side (and less on the curative side) of blogging here on Steemit, I have tended to see the resteem feature as a means mainly to share posts that I feel are unique and undervalued, and deserve to be rewarded. I want these posts to be seen. This is great, and largely what the feature is meant for.

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# **The positive flip side to this, of course, is that if I vote on said post and then resteem it, it will garner more rewards and votes both for the original author *and for me,* in the form of *CURATION REWARDS.***

This morning as I am going through my little voting ritual, I am more conscious than usual of a desire to keep the content on the platform interesting, and of a certain quality, type, and caliber. This is largely because of the influx of bullshit posts I have seen due to the "gold rush" Steem mania of many new users eager to make a "quick buck" here on the platform.

**I have a voice in this! As SP accrues, I have more and *more* of a voice in this. Not only can I upvote content I wish to be seen and rewarded, I can resteem it and see its visibility increase even more *and increase my curation rewards.***

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# Well...yeah, Graham. *Duh.*

Some of you may be thinking this post is like me saying: **"Hey! GUYYSSSS!!!! FUCKING FIRE BURNS YOU IF YOU TOUCH IT!"** and you may be kind of right. For someone who is constantly focused on creating, however, some of the benefits and the ***real curative power*** of the resteem can be easily overlooked. It is to you fellow head-in-the-clouds-prolific-content-creators that I direct this piece.

**If you want to keep the platform high-quality, don't just upvote, RESTEEM.**

**If you want to earn more CURATION REWARDS, don't just upvote, RESTEEM!**

# Thanks for reading, and *RESTEEM* on!

*(If you have found this post to be valuable, please Resteem it!)*

# ~KafkA

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***Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)***

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