Dan, PLEASE start reading into Steem Engine and Steem tribes. You are missing out because you don't use tribe tags, which will allow you new upvotes from different Steem Engine tokens. I am making more money with that than with my Steem upvotes. Soon, we have a special Alternative media tribe and there you will shine. Up until then you can use #palnet and #neoxian as tags, which are general topic tribes and earn PAL and NEOXAG tokens. This is just the beginning.