Thank you, great information. I'm really new to Steemit and do find myself getting frustrated when someone can post a picture of some ducks with 5 words and make $100.
But, rather than getting angry, I just continue to do my own thang, and write about things that inspire me and uplift me, and not do it for the money. Just as a way to get content and information out into the world. At the end of the day, if I'm proud of what I've done and created then it's a good day.

Thanks for this post though, hopefully it will help more and more people to use their voting power on articles that matter and make a difference.