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With the changes the new hard fork(s) bring, MinnowBooster is making some changes too. Some to how our payouts to vote sellers work, some to our ToS.

It's important to remember that with the new **downvote pool**, people will likely flag a lot more. We **cannot refund** losses due to downvotes, as these are a tool for the community to regulate itself.

Here's the summary!

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## Payout changes

Our P2P vote selling allows the sellers to keep the curation rewards. This is not possible for those who delegate to the bot, which is why we decided to relinquish our 15% fee on the @minnowbooster bot.

In summary:

* P2P vote sellers receive **Full curation rewards + 85% of SBD paid for the vote**, note that after HF21 curation rewards are now 50% of the post value, pre-hard fork it was 25%.
* Delegators to the bot receive **100% of earned SBD paid to the bot**

## Upvote calculator

If you've bought a vote via MinnowBooster before, you've probably encountered our upvote calculator.

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At the moment, the calculator **assumes linear rewards**, but those only apply after a certain overall payout value. The calculated **rewards can thus fluctuate between -50% and +20%**. Please keep that in mind when buying smaller votes!

We will be adding a disclaimer to the site soon.

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## Terms of Service 

The changes to our ToS aim to ensure the **ethical use** of MinnowBooster (MB). We will enforce the new ToS even stricter than before, so act responsibly! Abusers that upvote content in violation of our ToS will have the upvote removed without a refund of payment.

### What constitutes as abuse of @minnowbooster?

* Using **multiple accounts** to post **duplicate content** and purchasing MB votes for them
* Using multiple accounts to post **low-quality content** and purchasing MB votes
* Upvoting posts that are written in **copy/paste style**
* Using a MB vote for **very short or repetitive content**. Length is subjective, but 150 words is a good safe guideline.
* Using MB with **automation scripts and bots**
* **Scraping information** from the MB website

### Rules for Photography 

* Posts containing **only a single photo** are not allowed
* Posts must contain **supporting text** and show significant effort in terms of **production value** (location, setup, lighting, and subject)

### Rules for Art, Videos, and Animation

* Content must be **originally produced by the author** and contain **supporting text**
* Memes are **not** considered art

### Rules for Public Domain Content

* **Sources** and **Authors** must be correctly cited and linked to original content

### Topics barred from upvotes

* Violence, self-harm, gore
* Politics & political opinion
* Religion
* Drugs and other illegal substances
* Scams and pyramid schemes
* NSFW

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If you want to upvote a post, consider the individual circumstances. **A small upvote for a short post may be okay on occasion**, but keep our rules in mind.

### Abuse Policy

Users who violate our Terms of Service regarding upvotes will face the following consequences:

1. Your post may be **unvoted by MinnowBooster**
2. You will **not receive a refund** for the original upvote
3. Your account **can be blacklisted**

### Other

* **User errors** while using our upvote or delegation services are **non-refundable**
* Violation of the ToS can result in **temporary or permanent blacklisting**. In case a user is blacklisted, the **first 10 transactions** to Minnowbooster will be returned with a warning in the transaction memo. **No further refunds will occur** after the 10<sup>th</sup>
* Users that **frequently abuse other Steem users** may also be added to the blacklist, regardless of their vote-buying behavior.
* MinnowBooster and BuildTeam shall not be liable for any losses whatsoever suffered from blockchain downtime and hard forks, losses may include no payouts for the duration of the downtime, low/no voting demand in the days preceding or following the event, failed votes etc.   
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If you have any **questions** or encounter **violations of our ToS**, please feel free to reach out on our [Discord server!](https://discord.gg/S37bYma)

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