@lukestokes I have, so far, only voted 4 times; with 2 votes for members outside of the Top 50. Building relationships is a two-way course. Just because, a member has a high reputation, does not get an automatic nod from me. Far too many have built those reputations artificially.

I look for people who bring a total value to the entire Steemit community as evidenced by cogent and contributory posts. I have been here two weeks now and it can be challenging to discover whose who. That is a great deal of rabbit trails to explore and there is only so much time each day that I can devote to this site. Be well.