Thank you for writing this post. I am so confused about the steem power after being here for 13 days. Some people say to keep it above 80% and others say it does not matter if it is high or low when you are new.

Can you explain the difference to me and to the person I upvote if I upvote at 90% or at 60% or 40% or -0- (for example)?

Right now, my power is below 80% so I am commenting now without upvoting. But another person told me that is rude and that if I comment, I should also upvote. Well, should I upvote until I am down to zero if I happen to make a lot of comments on a given day?

I blew out my steem down to 40% right when I got here before I understood not to. I have been trying to get it back up ever since, but seem stuck on 70-80%. The problem for me is that I really DO like everything, so I feel bad not upvoting a lot.

Finally - I decided to resteem a lot of posts without upvoting to show support. Then I read a post not to do that as you will annoy people who read your feed. Do you have any input on that topic?

Thank you so much. I love it here and I want to do things right :)