In my blog yesterday, I point out that just like a gardener, we nurture and strengthen what we want, and we prune away what we don't.
https://steemit.com/homesteading/@creationofcare/chores

I am a pretty naive Steemian, I don't calculate how to pack the biggest payoff in my votes and resteems. I do give every authentic reply to me an upvote, and ignore bots and trolls. I haven't gotten enough trolling to remark upon, tbh, which is refreshing compared to existence of facecrap. I hope you weed out enough trolls so that your true followers bloom!