Hi again!

I really appreciate your very thoughtful and on-point comments here.

I have re-posted some of my work on occasion. Typically, I've done that when I have had some improvement, or in the case of some very popular articles that I feel are "above average." And I don't see any ethical problem with that, within reason. Of course, that's purely my opinion and the amount and reason for reposting are subjective value judgements.

I do feel that the greatest value in my older work is as an archive, and as "value added" and "advertising" for new readers who are just now becoming acquainted with my work.

I'm not exactly sure how the voting works on older articles. I have upvoted some old articles because I found them excellent, but have not checked to see if that reduces my voting power.

Sometimes I have read an old, excellent article, and then gone and given a 100% up vote to the author's most recent article as a way of rewarding the author for the older article...

I guess the bottom line is that the system "is what it is," and we all need to use it as we best see fit. I hope to continue posting as I am able, and hope to see the various system-wide problems eventually fixed and the value of Steem rise. Even if it doesn't rise as much or as fast as I would like, I still value the platform for it potential archival quality in the blockchain.

Thanks again for your thoughts on this! :D