I'm going to look at a post, value it, and downvote it if I feel it's over-rewarded

Well said and please keep doing that. #newsteem

The front ends should stop sitting on their hands in terms of providing solutions for self promotion. They are leaving potentially a lot of money on the table by not doing it

Not really that much for the simple reason that the audience is small. The time when this is compelling may come in the future but it isn't now.