What makes a whalevote?

Along the lines of "If a Tree Falls in the Woods...", I couldn't help but pose the question.
You have a great post. You share it with the world. It gets upvoted by some amazing whales.
Your curiosity piques and you want to check out what their slider gave you:


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A whale vote is a whale vote man
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@teamsteem wrote that that his 100% vote is currently worth $80 [1].
So a 0.02 vote is what, $0.016?
A vote is a vote and I would appreciate it ;)
[1] https://steemit.com/almost-famous/@teamsteem/hello-steemit-coinmaketcap-com-introduced-me
I definitely appreciate it. I'm sure the benefits on reputation are still pretty nice, but if a whale likes content of a minnow, increasing awareness a bit more than .016 would be great.
As I said, its more of a philosophical question/joke.