This steemit thing is so complex, so interesting, though.
Seems like all these rules are in place to make it difficult for people to spam upvote articles. However, I do not mind upvoting lower reputation members. I don't want to discriminate someone simply for being new, if its good content then it deserves my upvote.
Upvoted and followed, thanks
I agree, if it is good content, then I will upvote. Following you also.
What did you discover? Is it true that upvoting someone lowers your rep? That seems false. But I haven't a clue how one would go about finding out the truth.
I don't know the answer. I am hoping someone would.
I think the answer is "no". I did a few minutes of searches, and nothing I read would lead me to believe that upvoting users with lower values will hurt you. The only thing that can hurt you is being downvoted by users with a higher reputation.
your reputation isn't going down by upvoting others. only the voting power does, and it recovers afterwards. also your reputation can only go up if a person with a higher reputation upvotes you. cheers :)