I see what you mean !! @denmarkguy. building a footprint perhaps is more important to wee minnows than draining your voting power. If your votes are worth a substantial amount then maybe you are more careful. if they're not, then perhaps just voting and commenting are worth more.. (I tend to 100% upvote things I really like) and I've started upvoting comments more ! which I think is a bit of a neglected area :)