I have also up voted things only because it will pay out, I'm sure we all have. I'm trying to stop doing it but its not easy.
I came here because of dollarvigilante and a couple others. His videos are great. The motivation for him to post quality stuff on steemit is gone because no matter what he posts it makes cash.
I agreewith you statement "So we all need to be honest with ourselves, If we want to get a valuable platform we must very carefully upvote articles, regardless its future revenue/success" very true!
Thank you for the comment and upvote. I really appreciate it.
This post was more me venting then trying to make money. I don't mind that its only at 5cents.