I am really amazed at the incentive you @danielsaori and @davemccoy are taking to provide for the community , and as part of the steemian nation I thank u 😊
The project is really great in a sense that it is aimed at new users , and encourages them to feel welcomed to steemit and create a place for them to belong.
The battle of upvoting is very real , and making their votes count is very helpful , further taking measures to prevent abuse really assures that you know what u are doing
However maybe the fees is too high as it is aimed to new steemians?
You can deposit less @moonprincess... The way it works is based on the amount you have on deposit... So if you have enough on deposit, then you will get the upvote... So if a smaller account only has say 1/2 or 1/4 of the 1 sbd, that is ok... they can send it in and it will get counted and the upvotes will occur...
The reason we set it for 1 sbd in the explanation is so that people don't have to think about it all the time and it will make it less cumbersome. For 1 sbd you get 71 dust votes of $0.028 and then you will be prompted to reload. But if there is a smaller account, then it is ok to send in less.
I'm glad you like it and understand the purpose, that is what we wanted to do is help the community (especially the newbies and minnows) :)