I'm seeing many questions about why some posts are not receiving awards, after looking over a few, the answer for some is quite simple.
You need to stake your tokens!
After you claim your tokens, you're not done yet.
Head to your palnet.io wallet (make sure it's your username after the @ symbol
You there? GREAT! You will see two listings PAL and PAL POWER. PAL is your liquid tokens, the ones that can be transferred to other accounts or exchanged at steem-engine.com
Now, if you see a 0 next to PAL POWER, you're not earning a single thing. You have to Stake (power up)
Click PAL and you'll have the option to Transfer or Stake. Stake it. You see how I have zero PAL, it's because I'm all staked up!
Now, for many of you, when you receive a vote from someone with staked PAL POWER, you'll start seeing some action happening.
Repeat after me: I must stake to earn, if I do not stake, then I will not earn.
Read it, Learn it, Live it, Love it.
Here's the real deal.
You don't have to Stake to earn, but I know some people are not voting for those that have not staked. It's in everyone's interest to Stake up and make the platform more powerful.