Good day @exyle

Thanks for the mention today, and vote yesterday (and also @gigafart !), i'm glad these interactions inspired today's blog in some way - it's nice to be involved in new thoughts and ideas for sure.

Today's summary... free of charge haha, no doubt there's been 5 already while i'm typing this reply!

Comments
As i mentioned yesterday, commenting on posts has been more rewarding for me since becoming active on Steemit again a few months ago. I've been checking this on Steemdb.com regularly and, apart from this week because of a contest entry post that seemed to pick up a curation trail, comments are a around 2/3rd of my earnings.

Curation
Having posted on curation rewards for new users a few weeks back, the general point was that it's going to earn you very little unless you have tens of thousands of Steem Power.

Blogging (Vlogging)
For the established user like yourself this is the main income, but i think already, and as the platform grows, it is harder to become known unless you are unique, or brilliant, or dare i say it, pretty hot looking! So newer users will need to find something original, like a project for a worth-while cause, to make it as a blogger.

So from the 3 current ways to earn, commenting seems the way forward for newer users perhaps with a long term goal of finding their Blog niche.

As far as it being ethical to vote on someone supplying a summary, i'm going to be biased and say of course! Surely beats a 'good post', 'you nailed it man' any day.

Anyway, You nailed it man, have a good day ;)