thanks for the insight!
"Upvote controversies " I really think steemit should do something about the self voting , not saying they shouldn't but I felt some of them are really too much as you mentioned in your post. The thing I find with new user is that they also think they can randomly get upvoted with big amount of money .. and when they don't they just give up. I have a friend like that, although he can create great content , he told me he is lazy to do as other ppl can earn with posting just a photo. hopefullly he will learn very soon that it is not the case here.