I get that people sometimes treat their wallet like a share and expect some leverage in return, but that's really only going to work with (at least) a whale. Beyond that, people can just sort of do whatever they want without there being much affect one way or the other.
Although, I have gotten flack from people because I've powered down (even though it wasn't even something I mentioned let alone used as leverage).
I remember that! Yeah, holding steem doesn't seem to matter much at the moment. I self upvote once a day, that is about all it gets me.