Preach! Early on my career in Steemit the first group that I joined demanded that everyone upvote and resteem each others post without fail daily even if we did not like the content.

This perpetuation of circle jerking each other meant running our VP ragged and since we were new doing 30-40 upvotes a day meant that our VP would be zeroed out.
It didn't matter of I would post 2 or 3 votes and some would post 5-7 different challenges posts. All must be upvoted and confirmed by everyone. Failure to do so meant expulsion. This left me unhappy because I couldn't reward content that I liked because my vp was always low. After voicing out my concern and not agreeing to their rules I promptly left and never looked back.
My votes were mine again and I could choose who I gave it to l usually have it at around 70-80 percent and I would vote from time to time to give it a chance to recuperate.busy and esteem was not known to me yet at that time.

After getting delegation I had now access to the slider and my 5% vote would add a few more cents and I could share the love more. I upvote about 60 -80 votes a day from various red fish and planktons.
i still upvote by 100% for posts that are really exceptional and have made a decent amount because it often curated. More than the upvotes I also leave comments praising their work.
My goal is to really increash my SP that even 1% would give rewards so that I can vote more and make a difference when I plop down a 100% person vote that I gain a follower. Win-win for both of us.