You are correct @spiritualmax. It is dust.
Newer people with accounts that dont have a .02 vote are better off self voting their posts until they get above that level unless they are upvoting posts that are already about that.
Articles are fairly easy...comments not so much....
I don't know how I wasn't aware of this for all this time.
It isnt well publicized.
I tend to try and hit up the comments that have less than that in upvotes...to try and make sure it doesnt end up as dust.