@randowhale vs. whaleshares FIGHT!
When whaleshares was first announced, there was a lot of excitement about it within the steemit community. Shortly after there was some blow back from a few concerned parties.
The positives and negatives have already been covered, so I'm not going to comment on it. Theoretically these two services can be almost perfectly compared in this regard.
There are four major differences between randowhale and whaleshares.
Whaleshares utilizes bitshares, so you must have an account there. Randowhale requires you send 1 SBD through steemit.(price may change in the future)
Randowhale has randomized the vote 1-100 percent, so you don't know what your reward will be for your 1SBD. Whaleshares gives you a flat 1% per whaleshare you spend.
Whaleshares provides token giveaways and promotes community based quality rewards and minnow support.
Randowhale is a script that can be implemented on any account.
The Experiment
With all this hype and controversy going around I decided to put these two services to the test with a pure use case.
Since I am already conducting a resteem study here I chose this same post for the randowhale vs. whaleshares: round 1.
First I sent my one and only SBD to randowhale and got the lucky 31%!
This increased the post payout from $4.10 to $6.70. A wonderful $2.60 for the price of 1 SBD.
Next I cashed in on 31 whaleshares to meet the same percentage vote as randowhale.
This time it increased my post payout from $6.79 to $11.01. Awesome, a $4.22 increase this time!
In the end I am happy with both services. 10/10 I will use both again.
Whaleshares wins the first round!
Its vote was worth more and I didn't have to pay for it since I received my shares as a giveaway.
This was a very close call
I have to admit that the random element in randowhale is super fun, but I wouldn't rely on it.
Randowhale was easier to use since I didn't have to utilize a different website.
Bottom line cash value gives whaleshares a commanding lead. $4.22 vs $1.60 ($2.60 vote -$1 charge)
I also like that whaleshares introduced me to utilize bitshares, and gives a minnow like me a fighting chance with the giveaways and rewards.
Feel free to tell me what you guys think and let me know what your experience is with these services.
The target for round 2 will be some unsuspecting noob so stay tuned!
