I have changed the text to be clearer...
To comply with the first flagged issue:

• Please Upvote and resteem this post, and follow me before you put your entry in, so we can get your friends invited, and I can build the reward pool (this is not required to participate but encouraged).

As to the second ... I say you are stretching things:
Points in my participation system is no different then Refish League or Curation League rewarding people for their actions. I am not paying them.

finally that's not my meme that's david's

Rich :)