It seems bad talking about that but we have come to expect some kind of incentive now for posting...

I use busy now and rarely use surfer as my posts are getting more now than they used to. That way I get a little.

Saying that eSteem have been good to me and I cant remember a time when the didn't vote my post.

busy AWAYS vote but you can only use them once per 24hrs. You need to use the busy tag AND post via their dApp.

You may have noticed the larger accounts that get bigger rewards all use busy.