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When you upvote a post in steemfollower, you will gain some point. the gained point will be more than your upvote power. that point will be saved under your account in steemfollower database.
When your post in steemfollower receives an upvote, you will pay some point for that upvote. by this way, you will upvote other posts and others will upvote your post.