Reflecting on the meaning of mana in Hive

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There is always something to be curious about in Hive.

Today I am curious about the meaning of mana in Hive. I was reminded by a well-meaning fellow Hiver to keep my mana higher if possible. But why did everyone calls it mana. Am I missing out something?

We all know mana has something to do with the value our vote bestow. I had wrtten about how long it takes for votes to replenish to 100% previously. I didn't use the term mana then.

Mana was a strange term for me. It's a cool term, but what does it mean?

I searched online for some answers, and I gathered that it has to do with energy, or force that permeates the world, like what Wikipedia suggests. Some ancient cultures have their interpretations of it as related to life force or what makes the world go around, so to speak.

Wow!

It's a beautiful term!

It is clever that the Hive blockchain adopts this lingo of referring to energy within it as mana.

In fact, it is rather esoteric if you ask me. The mana we hold changes the world as it accompanies the activities in the Hive blockchain.

The takeaway revelation for me is this:

There is no right or wrong use of one's mana. We can vote anyhow as we wish. As this process goes on, definitely something about the world would have been changed as a result.

I guess we could say "use your upvotes wisely". But wisdom is subjective and personal. There should be no judgment on how the Hive world should turn out.

We get the Hive we collectively deserve, anyway.

P/S: This is not financial advice, and please do your own due diligence before investing.

If you read this far... and if you are a like-minded Hiver who is on the path to learning more about Hive and crypto investing, and if you like to be tagged when I write such posts, I welcome you to leave a comment below and let me know. We can form an alliance to support each other's growth.

You might be interested in this post, @graciousvic, @deflacion, @jacoalberts, @young-kedar, @svanbo, @sumotori, @zakludick, @poplar-22 and @hankanon!

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The term mana is very tied to magic in my opinion. Atleast that's what it's called in video games and such... The more "spells" you cast the more mana you use... Sort of like you described.. The energy flow... So once the mana is done you become weaker and have to wait for it to regenerate...

And that's a big reason as to why I see Hive as some sort of game 😂😂

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It is!

What is magical is that the value of mana increase in a bull market!

!PIZZA

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PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA! PIZZA!

PIZZA Holders sent $PIZZA tips in this post's comments:
svanbo tipped savvytester (x1)
cryptothesis tipped savvytester (x2)
cryptothesis tipped technicalside (x1)
cryptothesis tipped svanbo (x1)
@savvytester(1/5) tipped @svanbo (x5)

Please vote for pizza.witness!

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Rather than mana, I tend to use voting power and it recovers at 20% a day. I do agree that everyone can choose to do what they want with their mana/voting power though.

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Vote Mana = Ressource credits, isn't it? How does your vote mana drop? I've been delegating a good part and I still don't get under 99%.
Different to my voting power, which drops quickly when I get myself to curate !LOL

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They are different things. Vote mana is reduced with voting, resource credit is like gas fees to be used for transaction. Beautiful thing on hive: they get replenished!

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Hope your Voting Mana gets replenished fast enough to keep with your rapid voting! 🤗

Have some !LOLZ with !LUV! 😁

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I like to think my mana change the world for the better!

https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@cryptothesis/reflecting-on-the-meaning-of-mana-in-hive

!PIZZA

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If you vote at 50% Voting Mana (or "Voting Power" as it appears on #HiveBlocks and Hive.Ausbit.Dev) at 100% Vote Percent, your vote will be worth only half of what the value should be when you vote at 100% VM (though I also recommend not to let your VM sit at 100%), but almost 2% of your VM will still be consumed when voting at 100% Vote Percent regardless of how much your remaining VM is. 🤓

In short, the lower your Voting Mana when you vote, the less curation rewards you will get (as well as the lower the author rewards the publisher of the post or comment you voted on will get). 😏

!LUV

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Got it!

It’s a good question how much minimally would make people pay attention to a vote… but I don’t have an answer. I just go by feeling! !PIZZA

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I like to think my mana change the world for the better!

https://peakd.com/hive-167922/@cryptothesis/reflecting-on-the-meaning-of-mana-in-hive

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I wonder why you made a very similar reply under my comment about 7 minutes after the previous, but this time without a tip token. 😅 !LOLZ

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I wonder too! Heheh

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It's possible that there was a little problem with the Hive RPC node that you connected to when you tried to publish your comment, such that you thought that the comment wasn't published yet and then you tried sending the comment again. 🤓 !LOLZ

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Wait a second... is Vote mana than the same as vote power. if not where can I see it when I don't see it here?

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I thought you already knew that Voting Mana (used for voting) and Resource Credits (used for making any transaction on Hive) are different from each other. 😅 The only similarity between the two is that both of them are dependent on your Hive Power. 🤓 !LUV !CTP

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I see now. RC and Vote Power I can see in https://hiveblocks.com/@svanbo, But where can I see how much Voting Mana I've got (left)? !LUV !CTP

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Voting Mana is shown as Voting Power on #HiveBlocks (and others such as #HiveAusbit at https://hive.ausbit.dev/). 🤓 It is called "Mana" because the lower it is, the same "Energy" is consumed but the less effective it becomes until it is allowed to regenerate. 🤓😅 !LUV !CTP

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I see. But it would be easier if it would be called "Mana" everywhere. !LOL Less chance to confusion !CTP

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Maybe the Hive community should vote on that (though no matter what the result is, it should not be required for Hive dapps). 🤓😏 !LOL !CTP

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Good idea that this kind of things could be voted. !love that. But are there regular voting possibilities for such kind of things? !CTP

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One can just ask and answer questions on Question and Answer communities (such as Reverio, or CentBlog which turned into a Q&A community. 🤓 There is no dedicated Hive dapp for voting on (and discussing about) Hive frontend features. 😅 !PIZZA !CTP

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Not sure if I understand well what this is. Reverio looks too "basic" like in "unelaborated layout" for me. So I entered in Centblog.
Apart from having the interface in Spanish instead of in English and not seeing where to change this, I can't see people asking simple questions...?...

It looks more like Ecency, witht eh difference that the upvotes are shown in Cents (payout is furtheron in HP or in Cents as well?)
Coorect me if I'm wrong !LUV !CTP

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Even if the #Reverio frontend looks "basic", at least it gets the job of being a decent Q&A website done. 🤗 Regarding the #CentBlog frontend, it looks like the community users are still not yet updated with the transition of the community to a Q&A one (and are likely just interested in the CENT tokens which are pegged to $0.01 each). 😅

By the way, you might want to ask your first question on Reverio. 😏 !LUV !CTP

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I'll do so tomorrow !LOL !CTP

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I would remind you tomorrow in case you haven't posted any question on #Reverio after 24 hours. 🤗😏 !LOL !CTP

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Yes maybe tomorrow I've got a little bit time again... Today I'm "dead" - Need some sleep...
!LUV !CTP

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Maybe you can tell me when you would like me to remind you again to post any question on #Reverio. 🤔 By default, I would remind you about it daily. 🤗😅
!LUV !CTP

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Let's say, on Friday and Sunday would be good. Thanks mate! !LUV !CTP

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Since tomorrow is Friday, expect me to remind you about posting a question on #Reverio any time on that day unless I see that you already have posted one. 🤗 !LUV !CTP

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Yep, this weekend I'll try to find time to take a dive into reverio, threads and maybe to write a small blog article. When I sum them up, I already see I won't LOL
!LUV !CTP

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It looks like you won't be able to ask a question on #Reverio because of your very limited time on Hive. 🤯 I wonder when you would like me to remind you about Reverio again. 😅 !LUV !CTP

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Meanwhile I had quite some action on Reverio and concluded that I probably will be better posting a question as a post rather than as a comment !LUV !CTP

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While publishing a #Reverio question as a post makes it more visible and obtain more upvotes, I recommend doing it at most once a day (where you will publish your most interesting question), and any further questions for the day should be published as comments. 🤔 That's because some Hive users don't like others posting too often per day, but are generally okay with a large amount of comments from the same user per day. 🤔 !CTP

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That makes sense. But I wouldn't post a question every day... I don't have such a lot of inspiration !LOL !CTP

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Maybe instead of asking @kpreddy a lot of questions about #Actifit, you should publish your Actifit (or Strava) questions on #Reverio instead. 🤔 That's some inspiration for you! 😆😅 !LOL !CTP

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That's an option too, but since there's not a lot of response, I'm not sure that I'll continue with #Reverio...
Asking questions just for the hell of it... Cool that it brings upvotes... but not my thing.... !LOL !CTP

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Since #Reverio is a new Hive community (and a new Hive dapp) and it has been less than 2 weeks since you published your first question there, I recommend that you try it out for a few more weeks before you decide to stop asking questions there (due to lack of answers). 🤗🤓 !LUV !CTP

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I'll do that... At least the upvotes are not bad; certainly compared to the time and effort I need to put in asking a question !PIZZA !CTP

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Even if you decide to quit #Reverio after not receiving any meaningful answers to your questions on that community after a month from your first question there, you might become interested in coming back there when one of your questions there suddenly gets a good answer. 🤔😏 !LUV !CTP

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Yeah, who knows... suprise surprise !LUV !CTP

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I wonder what's the difference between "suprise" and "surprise" on your comment. 🤔 Maybe "suprise surprise" is another expression often used where you live! 😆😅 !LUV !CTP

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Just missing the "r" !LOL !CTP

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I thought that you would surprise me by editing your comment with the missing letter. 😅 !PIZZA !CTP

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You see how far I'm behind in commenting... !LOL !CTP

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It's still easier to make (small) corrections on a comment than creating a new entire comment. 😅 !LOL !LUV

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Taht's true but it's even easier to just let them be !LOL !WEED !CTP

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It's okay, since even without the corrections, it's still easy to understand what you meant on your comments (and posts). 🤗

Anyway, I noticed that your LOLZ command didn't work on that comment. 🤔 It's most likely because of more than one other tipping command on the same comment which the LOLZ bot took into account. 😅 !LUV !CTP

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On the other hand... Neither on the post I have people answering my question.... !LOL The good thing is that it ahs been upvoted by the people which generally upvote my posts plus some more people... And I got an answer from somebody from Reverio. That's already something... !CTP

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My girlfriend left me because of my obsession with storytelling.
I wonder how the next chapter in my life will go.

Credit: reddit
@savvytester, I sent you an $LOLZ on behalf of @svanbo

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I suggest that when you have at most one question for #Reverio per day, you should publish them as posts. 🤔 Otherwise, if you find the time to ask more than one question on Reverio on a single day, then you should publish them as comments on that community. 🤓 !PIZZA !CTP

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Here is a reminder for you to post any question on #Reverio (if you still want to do so)! 🤗 !LOL !CTP

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Please put me a reminder in a couple of weeks !LOL
It's 23h and i can start answering now... !CTP

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What do you mean with "put me a reminder in a couple of weeks"? 🤔 Do you mean that I would remind you to post a question on #Reverio more or less a month later? 🤯😅 !LOL !CTP

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Yes but meanwhile we agreed about reminding just before the weekend. Probably this afternoon there is a good possibility that I'd get to it !LOL !CTP

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Maybe I don't need to directly remind you to post a question on #Reverio, but rather just mention that Hive dapp from time to time on our typical conversations. 🤔🤓😏 !PIZZA !CTP

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That's actually a better way of reminding !PGM !CTP

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Since my previous comment was already 4 days ago and you made your first question on #Reverio about 4 hours after that, my comment was already outdated when you made your reply here. 😅 !PGM !CTP

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Yes, I see that I'm again 3 days behind !LUV !CTP

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... For sure, which are the ways to earn "cents"? Of not tipped, the only way is using their front end?
!LUV !CTP

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By having staked CENT tokens, you can earn more of that token by just curating either on content on the CENT (now Question & Answer) community itself or those with the cent tag (even if the post or comment isn't posted on the community itself). 🤓 That means without any staked CENT token, you won't earn more of that token unless you post (or comment on posts) on that community or use the cent tag. 😏
!LUV !CTP

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I see I happen to ahve some CENT staked, but I guess I'd better stake the rest as well?... I'm using the tag in my actifit posts, so that's a good thing already. What I don't understand is the value, which doesn't seem to correspond to 1 dollarcent...?... !CTP !PGM

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Right now, the price of CENT is $0.0029 each which is about 71% lower than its peg of $0.01 per token. 💸 If you believe that the price of CENT will return to its peg, then you should stake it; otherwise, you can trade it for other #HiveEngine tokens you like more (such as tipping tokens). 🤓 #NotFinancialAdvice 😅 !CTP !PGM

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It looks like I'm misunderstanding something here... How can cent be pegged to 0,01 USD but only be worth 0.0029 USD in reality / at a certain moment? !LUV !CTP

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It's only an algorithmic ("soft") peg, where the CENT reward bot on #HiveEngine tries to bring the price of the token close to $0.01 by reducing the CENT rewards (of authors or curators) when the price is less than $0.01 and increasing the rewards when the price is more than $0.01. 🤓 However, the peg will be followed only if the ability of the bot to stabilize the price is greater than the market supply or demand of the token. 😏 #NotFinancialAdvice 😅 !LUV !CTP

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And what does the "ability of the bot to stabilize the price" depend on? It can always reduce CENT rewards, can't it? !LUV !CTP

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I do think that the CENT reward bot can be "aggressive" in stabilizing the price of the token, such that it can give even up to 90% less author and curator rewards in a strong attempt to bring the token price from $0.0027 close to $0.01. 🤔🤓 !LUV !CTP

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You think it "can be" but "it won't be"? Or do I get you wrong here? !PGM !CTP

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You're right that the CENT reward bot can technically be aggressive in bringing back the price of the token to $0.01, but CENT (now Question & Answer) authors and curators would complain that they are getting drastically less CENT tokens for their efforts on the community. 🤓 !PGM !CTP

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But if it's a temporary action to restore the value of CENT, they might understand? !LUV !CTP

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That should be voted upon by the members of the CENT (now Question & Answer) community based on their CENT stake. 🤓😏 !LUV !CTP

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And do this kind of voting sessions exist? !LUV !CTP

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I don't know yet any Hive voting dapp that takes #HiveEngine staked tokens into account for user votes. 🤯 Maybe you can ask that on #Reverio too! 😆😅 !LUV !CTP

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Do you mean a dapp that would upvote if we stake tokens like !PIZZA to their account? (would that even be possible?) instead of delegating HP? !CTP

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What I mean with "votes" in this conversation is about voting for a proposal within a community (such as the CENT community changing its name to Question & Answer, which the community owner originally intended) where the vote of each user is weighted based on their staked tokens corresponding to the community (such as the CENT token for the CENT community). 😅 !PIZZA !CTP

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ok understood. !LUV !CTP

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Done; let's see if answers are going to come... !LUV !CTP

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I'm just going to leave the very looooooong link to your question on #Reverio here. 😅 !LUV !CTP

https://ecency.com/hive-125205/@svanbo/does-anyone-here-know-dapp-that-would-upvote-if-we-stake-tokens-like---pizza-to-their-account---would-that-even-be-possible---instead-of-delegating-hp-

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I did something wrong here, right? Better to have a short question first and expand in the comment? Like this thelink will be way shorter as well?... !LUV !CTP

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Yes, especially because your "question" already has 2 questions in it. 😆😅 !LUV !LOLZ

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Part of the learn process !LOL !CTP

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Asking only one question at a time generally applies everywhere, not just on #Reverio. 🤓 Don't be surprised if the answer to one of your questions is unrelated to the other question! 😅 !LOL !CTP

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By the way, entering in #Revero, I saw I had an answer on my question from 20 days ago !LOL
They decided to post questions by default to the Reverio community, which makes it easier hence one doesn't seem to ahve to decide any more where to post, and they'll be attracting more people to #Reverio I guess...
!CTP

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Publishing questions by default on the #Reverio community makes sense, but showing the dropdown box but not being able to select another community other than Reverio needs some explanation. 🤯😅

!LUV !CTP

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That must be a glitch. I have been able to choose other communities as well. Or they could have changed it... !LUV !CTP

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Maybe you should check out the #Reverio frontend again soon, so that we would be able to determine if it is just a glitch. 🤔 I did not find any update from the official Reverio account about the change where the Reverio community is the only community on Hive where the questions are allowed to be published (if the user chooses to post on a community instead of your own blog or as a comment). 🤯

The only time you published a Reverio question on another community was on #Actifit which was 13 days ago, which is visible using #Ecency's Advanced Search feature. 😏 !LUV !CTP

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Oooops, trying to comment on the answer I got an error (several time the same one):

Any idea what this could be? !LUV !CTP

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If that problem persists, then you should try closing then reopening your web browser to try again to see if the problem still persists. 🤔 If the problem does still persist, then you should look for other #Reverio users who may also be experiencing the same problem. 🤓 !LUV !CTP

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It might be not a bad idea to write something about the difference between Vote mana / resource credits and vote power...

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You should do it! I will upvote it! !PIZZA

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Thanks mate, it's not that I don't want... It's a bit a lack of time thing... You see, I'm even again 3 days behind in commenting !LOL

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