RE: Get a upvote in exchange for your POCKET
Well, not sure perhaps there is a code for this on github which you can check (I don't have that link ready at the moment) and I ain't a techie to figure out all from it but it's also what my experience tells me as I closely monitor my rep score. And perhaps you already know the formula to calculate the rep score is:
((log10(abs(reputation#))-9)9)+25
(You can note the impact on your rep score when an account of rep over 70 but a small SP votes you with 100% upvote compared to an account with 25 rep but a huge whale (SP) upvoting you with only 20% or even lesser and see the difference for yourself).
You're right that randowhale0 is at rep 44.7 but it has almost the same SP as randowhale and both has almot equal impact on rep score upon receiving their upvote. It's a random vote which can be done from any of these account depending upon the VP and request queue to the whale a/c.
Thx for the interesting answer. This conversation has just made me realized I need to spend a bit more time to completely wrap my head around the concept of how exactly a reputation is affected and also how the curation reward system really works.
Thanks to you and to this post by @arcange, I should have a much clearer idea on the topic. :-)
https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/what-is-steemit-reputation-and-how-does-it-works