For me it's not that much.

Recently, thanks to the magic of Steem and the goodwill of our community, I went from having not enough to having enough, maybe even more than enough. By enough SP I mean that lack of Resource Credits does not impede my interaction; I can post, comment, vote and so forth as much as I care to without running up against the limits of my resources. Looking around at the SP totals of others I got the impression that I'd need the whole lot more than 20 to get to that point, but now at right around that level it's a totally different game. I never actually did the math, but even though I thought it would be a breath of fresh air I didn't think it would totally banish my RC woes.

Is there really any point in accumulating more?

Sure, I could increase the value of my vote. I'm fine with light influence on the reward pool though. Even still I might keep going up until it's not rounded down to zero cents USD just so it makes a visible difference when seen by whoever I voted for. I presume is how the vast majority look at it, in USD, and that's the main way Steemit shows values too. Not really a big deal though; I'm fine with my puny vote. I'm just one fish in the whole Steem sea after all.

I'm not trying to earn curation rewards either, but that would be a good reason to. It would certainly be nice to be rewarded for both votes given and received, but I think if I had that kind of crypto I'd already be sitting mighty pretty atop my hoard. I'm sure the fabulously wealthy Smaug was always eager to add more to his pile, but I've never made a very good dragon. Besides, the more I get, the more scarce it is for you!

I'm curious about you though

How much SP do you think it takes for you to have enough, as I described it here? I realize that I'm not really pushing out a ton of posts or making many comments, and I couldn't say if my experience is typical or not. I also realize that many have accounts with significant stake that predate HF20, and I don't really know how it used to work. Even if you've never been in this kind of situation and always had enough SP, I'd love to hear your thoughts on how much you think you need or about how the system has changed. If you have gone from having not enough to having enough like me what was your turning point, and do you do a lot or a little on the chain? I especially want to hear from curators. I wonder how much SP it takes to earn significant curation rewards these days. What better way to find out than from those out there doing it today? If you're none of those, comment anyway iff you want.

If you got this far, I wrote this with you in mind!

Thanks for reading!