Oh damn that's more than half of what I have gotten so far!
I still have not fully grasped how popularity will affect the reward system. Maybe I will figure out in time. Since I see (my few 4000SP) vote value increases as steem value increases I guess the more people want steem the more I can reward with my votes? Or is this wrong to presume?
It's a stake based platform. The more stake (steempower) you have the more say you have over the reward pool and who gets what.