I'm new in this site and that means I'm just a plankton figuring out how steemit works. From what I understand, plankton levels do not have much weight on their voting power compared to minnows that have spent months on the site.
When I began my steemit journey, I frequently upvoted more than commenting on content I deemed good enough. I realized the concept of bandwidth and how it affects lower tier users. Commenting and upvoting takes up bandwidth and with what little planktons have, we have to use our share sparingly.
Planktons supporting other planktons usually either upvotes a post or comments. Both methods hold little weight on the reward the author provides. So we are basically still invisible.
A single minnow can upstage several planktons on a single 100% power vote and that's a reality I have come to accept.
Thanks for your comment. I understand it is difficult at first. But it gets easier quicker than you may think. We all have to learn, this platform is not exactly the easiest at times to get to grips with.
Your vote is valuable because you are giving all you have. Most people with a brain will appreciate that. I do.
All the best with Steemit, keep posting :)