Well, there are certain thresholds that are very important in steem, however you have made it to the other side of them all.

I remember when the 2¢ mark was a barrier that was often too high to overcome.

I remember when that 0.001 SP curation reward was hard fought for.

So, you have enough followers with enough SP to get you over that hump, and enough SP to routinely get curation, so you are not as hurting for something/anything coming in.

On the other side 7¢ adds up. If you made a post a day, that's $2.10 a month or 10 more STEEM to add to your pool. Which, over time, could make you more than a minnow... if you already weren't.

So... like you said, it really doesn't affect much.

The thing that really saddens me is that i worked hard to get to the point where i could give 2¢ to a commenter. Now, i have fallen below that threshold. And, giving 100% vote to a comment runs my voting power down quick. It was better when it was about 50% vote to give comment a payout.

Anyway, i like voting for my post. Give myself a pat on the back.
It is really hard for me to get a post a day.