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## Important service update regarding voting and free users

Steem Dunk will always be free for those who don't want to pay for the very cheap annual pricing. There will now be two types of payment, "direct" and "indirect".

### Direct Payment

All plans are paid *yearly* in SBD. This is an extremely and affordable pricing range for all users that also allows our servers to keep running smoothly.

| Plan      | Curation Quota | Price (SBD) |
| --------- |--------------- | ----------------  |
| Bronze    | 20             | Free              |
| Silver    | 50             | $5                |
| Gold      | 100            | $10               |

### Indirect Payment

Free users will be required to indirectly pay for the service by using a single 100% upvote on our posts. This will only take effect for *new* posts. Premium users are *exempt* from this system.

This has multiple benefits:
- Users can still use the service freely
- This will help cover the costs of hosting
- It makes it easier for new users to find the service
- @steemdunk doesn't post often, so your voting power won't hurt

## A big thank you to premium users

I'd like to express my gratitude to those who are premium users, including those from the testing phase. This directly helps the project to keep running and supports future development! Development takes time, and time costs money. Becoming a premium member helps directly support the development of this project.

Payments made to @steemdunk, whether paid upvotes or for premium, contribute to helping the steem power grow, making the votes worth more for everyone to utilize.

## Adjustments to paid upvotes

@steemdunk will automatically give you a refund if our power is less than 70% and the upvote weight has been adjusted to 70%. This allows any investment to be doubled while serving more users, including those who opt in only for free upvotes.

## Adjustments to free upvotes

Previously @steemdunk would pick 4 random users to upvote. This is no longer the case. The bot will now pick least recently voted user. This is to ensure everyone can get a vote fairly. The vote cycle still occurs every 2.4 hours with a 15% upvote weight.

## Features Coming Soon

- The ability to limit how many times you give an author an upvote.

# Join the party on Discord

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Official Discord server invite - [https://discord.gg/hT7gw4B](https://discord.gg/hT7gw4B)

Come by, say hello, ask questions, and have fun.

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