Upon further investigation powering up your steem converts it into vests. The amount of vests stays the same but you will get more steem for them in time due to inflation. This is where the perception of interest came from. That $10 does you good if it is content you would like to promote to the top of trending. If it garners more votes from there you receive a higher curation reward. You also have the warm fuzzy feeling of helping someone if you are into that sort of thing.
You are viewing a single comment's thread from:
thank you. i am definitely into that sort of thing. that is what life is about! but it also does help to know that my vote has some worth, so that it accomplishes helping someone.