but I saw many newbies having 0 idea [...] from WHERE the value of upvotes are coming
They fooled you.
They can figure out how to trade/swap the coins and cash them out. But they don't understand how social media likes work and that some display 1.00$ and other 0.10$ ?
Nah, bro.
I just unfollow and they immediately hop in my comments and ask what's up.
And then pretend they don't understand.
Yeah, right.
Makes me angry - I sometimes just mute them at that stage. Can't deal with those silly 'I am so stupid, lol' - games.
I hate that mindset. Just writing about it now annoys me.