Hi welcome to Steem. The woody meme actually packs a lot of truth especially on Steemit ;)
Speaking of that how come you get 20$ upvotes on your responses? Either @extrospect did something wrong when he just wanted to auto vote on your posts or you are actually already part of a Steem-Scheme :D
I have no doubt my friend! I watched the green rush get a lot of hopes, mine included up and a lot of monies lost all around.
I can't say the source but I guess I have a friend who wanted to start me off on the right track. I hope to be apart of the Scheme ;) One day at a time, there is a lot of info to be learned! Have a great day amigo!
Well there is a thin line between friends supporting you and people trying to build vote-for-vote or vote-buying communities. There are whales who will downvote overvalued content, most notably @berniesanders and I have to be honest 20$ on a multiple 1-line comments does seem a little missvalued.
Of course you have the benefit of the doubt as a new guy, but you should tell your friends to keep their horses calm and only vote your posts or at least lwer the vote on your comments.
I hope you have a great time here, I will be watching you muhahahahhaha ;)