I didn't make your example but certainly could have.  I upvote every legitimate comment.  I do it by way of recognizing the person that took their precious time to comment on my post.

I know.  I'm helping out 'the man' with my habitual comment voting, but it's about way more than the money.  With the price of Steem where it's at the half steem I piss away per week is worth it when you guys are worth more.  That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

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No worries, to be honest this is something I have been struggling with for some time now. Knowing that the vote will probably never get paid vs wanting to show my commenters some appreciation and build relationships.  I think there is something to be said for letting someone know you value their comment enough to upvote it. Whether it gets paid or not. I like the idea of adding to the larger comment though to increase value. Since I got my slider it has been easier to manage my VP so I am not too worried about that.  This is a great post and timely as well as I am probably not the only one going back and forth on this.

Sometimes I use the upvote button just to say "I agree" - sort of saves writing a comment. It's a habit I picked up from Reddit. 

I'm pretty sure the receiver perceives it as a vote of confidence too, despite it being dust.

I've been thinking about just not upvoting comments myself. Like you said, it really drains my VP and on posts with 10+ comments, it's just impossible to give everyone a $0.03 upvote. 

Was thinking about just giving the upvotes on the latest articles of people who commented.

Hi, there is no 2 votes hard limit. It’s just too much dust and too little power.
To make sure votes are spread equally, no more than two votes are given out in each voting round. That’s true unless the VP is not exhausted.

A new voting round starts every 6 hours and normally Dusty needs 4 rounds to loop through the whole list of users.

Even though we have increased the SP the drop in the steem price has unfortunately not allowed us to increase the number of votes.

Dust formula is changing on HF20 tho.

Thank you so much for this info @slobberchops, I really was not aware of this! Am constantly draining my VP as I upvote all comments on my posts - would have been another perfect example of what not to do ;)
Going to be more careful from now onwards!

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You raise great points in your article.....
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Ready for the but ?
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Upvoting comments should first and foremost be an appreciation of the the commenter and them taking the time to firstly read wat u writ and secondly, writing a thoughtful retort.

The money is nice, but the appreciation will always have more value, however big the upvote!

It might be only pennies now, but it could be worth a lot more in the future. Ethereum used to be "only pennies" - imagine if we were being paid the same value in Ether in the first couple of years of its existence...
Anyway, your post gives a helpful and interesting insight. As I powered up relatively recently, I don't really know how to make my upvotes worth 0.03 STEEM - I haven't worked out a way to deduct what percentage upvote gives what amount (though I realise you're recommending that someone of my SP level should probably not be wasting their VP on comment upvotes, so that's something I should certainly think about.)

I had no idea, thanks for the info, @slobberchops. Currently, my VP is 0.1 and now I know I'm voting on comments that will go to dust :(. Never again, always learning!

I see different opinions on this topic and good arguments on both sides. I did not know about the small votes going to dust though, it is good to have this kind of information.

What about this: I usually upvote the comments on my posts, with a low % of my vote. As I have low SP, this low-% vote has a tiny payout anyway and would not make any difference; but it still carries the message of appreciation to the comment and does not drain my VP. (in busy.org you can choose the % of your vote, regardless of SP).

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Very useful advice. I did not know that votes 0.03 and less will turn to dust. Thank you very much

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Interesting! I'm sure I knew about this, but it definitely is something that's slipped my mind.. I do love upvoting the comments I get/see, and happy to do them at 80%-100% because I usually don't get to use my VP much nowadays anyway, due to lack of time curating. I guess if I'm not keen on giving someone a 80%-100% upvote on their comment, then I'm better off going to their page and upvoting their post instead. Thanks @slobberchops and nice to see how much you've dived into Steemit :)

The 0,03$ limit does not exist anymore, now it is more difficult to calculate. I wonder how will  @dustsweeper adapt to this change.

https://steemit.com/steem/@steemitblog/steem-velocity-hardfork-hardfork-20

>In order to treat all votes (big and small) equally, all votes above the threshold will have the equivalent amount of rewards removed from their vote. This effectively establishes a baseline voting strength that applies to everyone. In addition to making it more fair, there is also the benefit of introducing a slight non-linear rewards curve at the lower end of the spectrum (to discourage spam), while still maintaining a linear rewards curve for votes above the baseline.

However it is still recommended to vote on posts than comments.

On the other hand, "take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves." Whatever value someone is voting, they want that value to count (that's the point, after all)! This is a good strategy, thank you for explaining it. Thanks also to your lovely assistant @bozz 😊

I wasn't aware of this at all and probably waste a lot of my votes as I tend to vote on comments.  A very useful article!

I enjoy Steemit but haven't yet committed the time to truly understand all of its quirks; I just keep chipping away having fun.  I probably joined at a time when it was a little easier to get going and @steevc gave me a good helping hand - he's a bit of a star really.  I like @shanibeer 's comment "take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves."  I quite enjoy just chipping away and have built up a little SP in the process but not a lot.  I continue to Power Up so as long as Steemit is around my SP will continue to increase.

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Minnows should not worry too much about voting. They can do it to show support, but neither they nor the recipient will make much. Just vote up the posts you think are good and don't worry about curation rewards. Make good posts/comments and you stand  to earn from those.

Of course votes also affect the order of comments in the default view (does anyone ever change that?). If a crap comment is top then even a small vote on another comment can move it up. 

One thing minnows should not do is self-vote. It can put people off supporting you.

Well shoot lol...I never realized this!  I generally *do* upvote most comments and they wind up being .01 and I thought I was doing something good lol.