I bought a vote for someone once, awhile ago. It felt like I was giving them a gift but when you're new and something grand falls from the sky, it might only offer false hope. You will not be able to buy a vote for that person every time, much like I can't get around to everyone's posts. They will work hard on the their next post and return to that feeling of being invisible when the magic vote doesn't come knocking. The handouts can destroy work ethic and morale.

Your vote is worth 7 cents. That doesn't seem like much when you're surrounded by so much money. It feels like that only because you're comparing it to something. It's best if you can find many minnows that are willing to work together. Build roads now and maintain them. You might get .001 Steem for a curating reward when piling up on something with many votes but a larger share when it's just a few voting on something with 0 votes. There's no reason a post should have zero votes with this many minnows around. Use chat, work together, share links... slowly build yourselves up. It's like a video game. Level up.