In my opinion, it doesn't hurt to stick a 1-5% vote on something you are 'inspired' enough to comment on.

I had to drop you an upvote after that nice post... 😀

Writing a comment to a post doesn't always mean you like or agree with what is being said in the post. I myself am not commenting just when a "blog post was good to the point of deserving your comment". 

Also, everybody has a voting slider, regardless of their Steem Power, if they vote using chainBB.

I will usually upvote, comment and resteem. There was a time last weekend when my vote power went down to 0. I still commented on things that I felt were interesting. I understand the vote power thing is to prevent abuse but it also suppresses real interaction too. At my level it is on .01 but it is something.

I agree with you as long as you the reader agree with the content and the opinions the author made on his.
However if you disagree with the post and want to leave your opinion on why you think he is wrong to start a disussion, then naturally you wouldn,t want to upvote that post.

Because you hit the nail on the head, I Upvoted and resteemed.
 I pretty much upvote everything that grabs my attention, holds my interest, and if I like it I resteem it.
   This has all three. Good point great post.

Personally, there is so much awesome stuff out there I like to comment on but can't vote on it all - then I'd be sitting at like 0% constantly 😬
Not like that's too much of an issue for me because I'm still new here and my vote is t worth much...
What do you think of receiving a vote from a minnow when it's worth very little?

Well Said. 😎 upvote given 👍

I did notice this trend as well right after the Fork. Unfortunately it looks like Greed is starting to take over the Steemit community,most of the newbies are using they newly upgraded voting power to upVote their own comments instead of rewarding/encouraging creators. It is sad!

what is more upsetting, is giving a small vote weight for the post, but voting with lots of vote weight for his own comment? 

it just like rob in our own safety box. LOL

# Same Issues
This post [CNN Raided in Moscow](https://steemit.com/whalepower/@globocop/cnn-raided-in-moscow-should-they-be-raided-in-atlanta-ga-too) is a good example:
 with 112 Views, 30 comments, 19 votes.  

Achieving 30 % of comments is a good ratio. Votes should be also approx. 30%. 

I, too, run out of voting power and in absence of a slider use eSteem to cast votes using the eSteem vote slider. See [this brief eSteem review](https://steemit.com/voting/@globocop/vote-liberation-take-back-control-with-esteem), which explains. 

*ch @globocop*

<center>Thanks for reading. 😎

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*ch @globocop*</center>

#### <center> [Upvote] [Comment] [Resteem] [Follow]</center>

I'm new here, but it seems obvious that it follows an order.. . . .
View post, Agree, Positive Comment, Upvote, Resteem... Up Voted. . . 
View post, Agree, Positive Comment, Upvote... (Maybe no resteem) ... Up Voted
View post, Agree with No Comment, Upvote, (no resteem) . . . Up Voted
OR
View post, Agree with No Comment, no upvote, no resteem. . . .
OR Even
View post and not much interest gets no vote . . .  0 vote
View post and Disagree, gets no vote . . . . 0 vote
View post and Disagree with Negative comment, no vote . . .  0 vote

BUT... basically if there is a Positive Comment, there should be an Up Vote.

I up vote and comment a lot ! I find people are more likely to up vote and not comment ! Than comment and not up vote ! 👍👍👍

I totally agree with you

I still drop my upvotes as I did before, but maybe it is because I don't mind running out of power, I don't post that much, don't have that much power, etc. But I haven' t run out of power yet. I do see a lot of people upvoting their own COMMENTS, though, and that seems bizarre for me, because then they obviously are not gonna upvote anybody else, because you can comment endlessly...

It does dent the morale of the writer to see the effort he has put into preparing the post.  A vote is a sign of recognition no matter how small the rewards.  To see the votes shows the progress that the writer is making in attracting traffic to his work (excluding those who vote using bots).

I comment not to get noticed, but to acknowledge great content and to add insight and my personal views and thoughts. Sometimes I will correct errors or misstatements. 

As for the hardfork, it's totally trashed my voting power, so it's pointless for me to upvote. You only get 0.01c, and my voting power doesn't recover @richguy.😢

Yes @richguy, i noticed this as well. Rapidly devolving into travesty....
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</div> <h2><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>I had to call somebody out on it just the other day.

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**My Logic:**<br>IF you found the post valuable enough to comment (and hopefully even read,) then it is certainly worth an upvote, and perhaps even ***_resteeming_***.
![think minnow meme.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbnsvtMXeEqoAA87kGYBiXzk42bHyBGebHujoCyhz5bgL/think%20minnow%20meme.jpg)<center>https://steemitimages.com/DQmRTmttqRDQ2B9TT6waBfoy1GdJqF9S7u6orBZfaFjSX3e/18.png</center>
I think the stinginess is just another symptom or side affect of the HF
![meme fork.jpeg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmcHDKpoSpwrzRgazS3ugBSEXkdNeEaMSZvNRMWEc3ri16/meme%20fork.jpeg) 
Combined with a massive influx of new users from different geographical regions.
![here gif.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmXnB6r9YpSzp7879nibFb6FxQ8Mm3upb2HhNnXXkDaXCj/here%20gif.gif)
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That and the follow for follower users are not helping the trend either....

![gobbler gif.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmdNS45SRvUArEEH8MFqe7LRmjKNtKhByQUwXtasRfhGh7/gobbler%20gif.gif)
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For the Record, I upvote every single post that I comment on, EVERY TIME...
http://montagudriedfruitnuts.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/resized_success-kid-meme-generator-the-key-to-success-is-consistency-d48c76.jpg
This is blockchain people, it's all out there in the open and people can check up on you.
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In Conclusion I will State it is my belief that we are here in general, to support others and build up a genuine authentic community.<br>
![Steem Trust Meme.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmav2wz4xfo5GEPaezYAzmMxSCRWeNABWrxMiB44pa5Bto/Steem%20Trust%20Meme.jpg)
Being a Miser and Stingy will not get you anywhere and generousity is the name of the game.
I upvoted AND Resteemed This Post because I found it to be a viable question worth presenting to the community on a whole.

Anything else is just...
![bad form gif.gif](https://steemitimages.com/DQmeDWStEDFoSqEpmNA6kz2zY8aaMGsgRci98SsD2z31Gdp/bad%20form%20gif.gif)
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<center>[NON PTV GIFS SOURCED HERE](www.giphy.com)</center>

I agree, if the post was interesting enough to make you want to comment, it is fair to upvote the post.
If you dont have the vote slider thing yet, your upvote wont make a huge reward difference but in terms of morale of the creator it is worth it.
If you have enough Steempower to have the vote slider, then even just a 1% upvote would be fair, if you are leaving comments.

Another thing, if you are responding to a comment, why not upvote that comment. I see the trend of no votes happening a lot in comment trees too. 

Not upvoting doesn't really help anyone, including comment makers.

Also very new, and this post opened my eyes about voting, and it is a bit disheartening:

https://steemit.com/steemit/@uwelang/a-vote-is-not-a-like-steemit-explained-for-noobs#

It seems for a lot of power steemers voting isn't about liking a post.

I like the thought process you shared.

I totally agree, if a post is worth a comment then it is definitely worth an upvote.  I have seen it over or twice though, where someone does a comment and doesn't upvote. Bad turn I say.

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I some times comment cause ilike the post but have no power left,like right now i think i am at 50% if i have 500 sp all post i like would get some type vote from me

When I read a post and I appreciate the content, I give always my vote. I don't vote and comment only, if I totally disagree with the content.

There are to main forces in human life:

1<sup>st</sup> - <em>Greed</em>
2<sup>nd</sup> - <em> Envy</em>

In my view... - <b>Nothing Real New!</b>

What I've mentioned that far in steemit is, that there are much more people complaining than helping or creating or understanding... - 

<em>"What's a social community build on!?"</em>

<b>I really can't remember anymore!</b>