It isn't that we are stingy with our votes, it is that we have very few of them just like everyone else.
We need to change the expectation that the goal of steem is to get large votes, although they are nice.
A more reasonable goal for most is to build an audience and gather stake and use it to support yourself and your circle.
I agree with you that you are not stingy with yourself. I am a witness to that.
What am just trying to say is if there is anyway we can encourage babies with quality content but less than 2cent on their post.
You are trying personally I must confess