Thanks for the reply the 10 times a day thing explains much. I'll take a look at your post. Steemit is some kind of social experiment where they created this type of sandbox and are just letting things play out correct? There is no "rules" per se on if people are gaming the system. I'm not here to gain cryptocurrency or gain followers who just upvote as a value transaction. I'm here to get away from surveillance, data mining, and censorship. "People aren't going to pay attention to you or follow you if your upvotes are not worth much" means nothing to me. I will not be posting anything they would find value in anyway if that is their motivation and I wouldn't upvote something as a value exchange for upvoting me. It's about spreading ideas and being exposed to others ideas. My upvotes come from if I gain knowledge or perspective. I can tell I am in the minority with that here, but thats fine I am in the minority in the real world as well. I've already met some people I enjoy "talking" with on here. Perhaps I am in the wrong place for what I am looking for but choices are limited in the social media world.