I'll start with the raffle results, we had some technical difficulties with the discord bot I used. It was working fine on my test channel, then all of a sudden crapped out for the big live show. Maybe it's shy, [but you can read the suspense here](https://discord.gg/C5scqRP). Anyways I had to flip over to Random.org and pull a number their. In the end the winner was @luigi-the-gnome. Congrats and your 30% additional vote has been added for the month. 

I'm going to follow up with a FAQ page that I will use on an ongoing basis, if anyone has any other questions that should be added please let me know than I will pin a final version of this post on [our discord channel](https://discord.gg/C5scqRP). 

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<h1> FAQ Page</h1>

I'm going to sticky this on our discord and link to it in some of our daily posts, to help with some of the questions I get.

<h3> What is this service</h3>

Stax (@silvergoldbotty) is a delegation based community upvote bot and quality community content curator. We have a growing group of amazing content creators, and open to anyone producing valuable content on any topic or tag and using any block chain interface. We also manually curate 3 posts from our community every day and showcase them in our daily post and resteem our favorite from those 3.

<h3> Who can join? Do I need to use a specific tag? Can I post with other blockchain interfaces</h3>

Our service is open to anyone here on steemit, blogging about anything and using any app to blog on. I do make a quite review of your account to make sure your not some sort of spam bot, but otherwise your in

<h3> How do I join</h3>

To join you just need to send a delegation of SP to @silvergoldbotty. We only accept delegation and have a minimum of 50SP and max of 5000SP. You are welcome to delegate any amount in between that amount. 

Once you are a member we do require that you also cast a vote on our daily post made by @silvergoldbotty.  Vote values are based on the the following calculation;100 000/(your active SP)= Your minimum return vote. (This means if you active SP is less than 1000, you will be casting a 100% daily vote) But please feel free to cast a larger vote if you wish to help support this service. All liquid funds from post payouts all go to pay for an SP lease to better reward our members, and SP rewards are used to build the account naturally for additional rewards.

<h3> How much will my vote be worth. </h3>

Currently your return vote is calculated by the following algorithm (SP delegated/90=Vote=%), but it will fluctuate and change on a regular basis. 

Here is is in chart form. (the tiers are just examples and you can delegate any amount between 50-5000SP that you choose)

(These values were generated on July 1st, with an SP of 130k, Steem price of 1.28, and VP of 87%, they are just a guide an may not be accurate at the time you read this post)

Tier-Title	|Delegation|	Vote	|Vote Value(current)
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Platinum	|5000SP	|55.6%	|$5.27
Gold	|2500SP|	27.8%|	$2.64
Silver	|1250SP|	13.9%|	$1.35
Nickel	|650SP|	7.2%|	$0.72
Copper|	400SP|	4.4%	|$0.42
Lead	|200SP|	2.2%	|$0.24
Minnow	|50SP	|0.6%|	$0.07

<h3> What do you mean my vote will change/ Why was my vote % reduced</h3>

The % need to be balanced carefully depending on the amount of members, as we take on more members the % of your vote will be reduced. I usually try to do the re balancing every 1-4 weeks as required so there may be large changes at times. The time to keep in mind is as we take on more members they are all adding to the active SP held in this account so vote values should also rise accordingly, but of course the day the changes are made you will see an abrupt change, when is was slowly gaining in value prior. 

The value of the vote you receive is mostly based on STEEM price and our VP, so it may change significantly and daily. The bot's VP usually stays in a range between 85-95%, and votes cast while the VP is lower will have less value. 

<h3> How to I get my Vote</h3>

All you need to do is post your blog, no other steps. You will get one vote per day so Stax has a built in timer to help with this, once 22hrs have elapsed you are eligible for your next vote. So this works well for people who post at the same time daily, but maybe not for erratic posters. This timer goes from your received upvote to your next post. It takes a bit of getting used to, but you can always trigger a vote by "editing" your post and the bot will find it if it's been over 22hrs. 

Once you send or change you delegation there is usually a small delay since you have to be added manually, usually this is done within 24hrs but occasionally may be up to 48hrs. 

<h3> How to delegations work</h3>

If you are unfamiliar with delegating SP, it is essentially loaning your SP to another account for them to vote with, you always remain in the control of the SP and can revoke it at any time. There is a 7 day cool down period for the return of your delegation when you decide to revoke it. This is all run through the steem blockchain and steemconnect. I suggest using this tool to add or change your delegation, http://steembottracker.com/delegation.html.

<h3> How can you reach someone for assistance</h3>

We have a [discord channel here.](https://discord.gg/C5scqRP). You can leave a comment on any one of @silvergoldbotty's posts or reach out to @phelimint personally on discord (PheliMint #3565)

<h1> Stax's Picks</h1>

Sun is shining, summer it is and so is Sunday, woohoo how are you Stax members doing??
Stax picks is up>>

> We have a great World Cup Special contest going.. All you need to do is 'comment down the name of the Team which you think will win Today with a Final Score' and upv the post. Sneak on your football gear and try it out>>
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https://steemit.com/steemit/@arunava/3xzrja-world-cup-special-upvote-giveaway-valid-untill-match-starts-no-need-to-resteem-anymore

> Coins from Canada, the first is a Hudson Bay Company as it has been intertwined with the history of Canada.
The second is the 1996 "McIntosh". It commemorates the 200th anniversary of John McIntosh's arrival in Canada in 1796
Shiney things this way>>>
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https://steemit.com/pt/@ronaldoavelino/38-usd1-comemorativo-canadense-parte-8

>A coin kaleidoscope is being showed. Or is it a coin box with a kaleidoscope?? You better look it up :wink: 
A coin with leaves starting green in the middle, signifying spring and over time outwards, turning to the iconic red maple leaves of autumn. 
The colors of red, yellow, orange and red hues are really captivating together in this kaleidoscope-inspired design..
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https://steemit.com/steemsilvergold/@khamen/kaleidoscope-maple-leaves

<h3>Stax wish you all a great Sunday, Don’t underestimate the Steem</h3>

<h1> Community Partners</h1>

I wanted to take a moment in our daily posts to shout out some of our community partners! There are lots of other great upvote and curation services across steemit so please feel free to check out some of our partners. Also many of them still accept subscriptions in Steem/SBD for everyone still inquiring about that option. 

If you're a community curation project, please reach out to @phelimint #3565 to discuss potential partnerships.

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