yes I'm definitely getting that impression, I want to contribute, I think my material is at least worth more than the average vote buyer's, but if I do vote myself up, it's too visible and direct. It'll take time and I'm not as patient building up the second account because I made it for the sole purpose of not exploiting the curation trail here, and my self vote doesn't cover that cost.
But impression is everything. I think you're one of the few who understands that economically, I'm competing against a vote renting version of myself that takes just as much from the rewards pool, does nothing, makes more and receives no backlash. I don't want to do the latter, but am struggling to find a workable middle ground.
Also, I suppose to make the point in my original post, if that itself wasn't ironic enough, I didn't get to the end of your last message before replying, nice gag lol