LOL! Thanks for support! Everything you said is true; I have spent hours on a post before just to only recieve a few views. When I first started, I noticed someone voting up their own comments and I was confused whether or not this was acceptaple because this was a reputable steemian. I consulted with a mentor of mine on here about it and she told me her thoughts, which was basically what I wrote in the article. Although, even if I did spend a lot of time on a reply to someone, I still don't think I would vote it up...I dunno, just seems weird lol.

Would you believe that the very first comment that I recieved after posting this was spam comment lol? I swear on my life, I thought the guy was joking like you were but unfortunately he wasn't.