That is why in my test post I made an obvious link to this article, to explain why I had made the post :)

This is not my normal mode of operation. I just wanted to test a theory really.

Here is my test post. Must Listen To Albums - Metallica - Master Of Puppets

My other posts were albums I actually reall like. But I noticed that on the "big" albums I would get like 5 views but 50 votes. None have earnt more than a few $ but I wanted to understand what is going on.

I am like you. I only vote on what I actually read, pointless to do otherwise.

I have seen the sort of whale in voting you speak of. A set of posts with the same 3 posts each earning the same $20ish.