Huh. I had not been aware of the $0.03 payout minimum. This is what you are saying, right? Do you have a source for that or is this just your observation?
I think one thing you are missing concerning the value of upvotes on replies to your posts is your ability to influence the order of what others see under your posts. Having high-value replies as the top response to your post could be a good thing. Maybe not.
As posts go, this one is not very long winded ;-) Thanks for writing.
No "dust" for you. Thanks for commenting. all the best.
Here is the latest post I read on the payout minimums.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@thedarkhorse/your-2-cent-vote-is-worthless-the-real-deal-on-dust-votes
Thanks for reading. I hear what you are saying with the top comments being the best replies. But I really want to reward those who interact with me as well. When I read initially they were saying it was .02, I bought as much SP through delegation as I could. I really want those who engage with me to really be paid as it suggests they are when I upvote. Then found out the next day it is still not enough, lol. So for now I am going to give it in a way that they can still receive it. It occurred to me as I was writing this it may be that one last vote they need to get higher on a list for visibility.
I have been having problems figuring out voting. About a week and a half ago I was continuously at about 45-50% of my voting power and stepped away for long periods of time to get it back up. I figure i will fine tune it as I go along.
Thanks for the links. As I said I had not heard of the dust rule before, as the site makes no explicit mention of it. I understand why you've changed your voting strategy; it'll change mine too, because I only have dust power as well.
Here is another post I just came across:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@spiritualmax/today-i-found-out-a-small-post-with-big-implications