Hi @paulag. Please ignore me if this is a bother. Your post engaged me and got me thinking.

I am new at this and at this level, it really doesn't matter who I upvote. My impact is miniature. Plus I do this in my free time and I'm building slowly. But somewhere in the future, I would want to earn enough from this to make it possible to say my Steemit income is covering all the coffee I drink in a month or a holiday or something.

My thinking thus far was that when my upvote got to the place where it had value, I would upvote myself. This would guarantee an income that I could include in my budget.

You have challenged my thinking on this. Thank you, I think... :-)