Interestingly, that is what people do, they may start with more and then when receiving the same as others who pay less, start to pay less. That is why I think most of the voting services are based on relative split of vote value towards contribution. I mean services like booster, buildawhale, bellyrub and the likes.

Nice, a master program! Hard work, but can also be not so hard work, depends on the subject. My master was not so hard for me since it was a hardcore beta study with lots of mathematics, which is in the end models and formula which go quite easy for my brains :)