I am glad I have taen the time to read this :-). Very intersting and I can easily relate. Reading this makes me realise that we probably share all the same thoughts about content, I would say that I went through the different phases as well. I do see that some uses different mecanism sto get votes (and they do) with content that are rather limited, where you can clearly see that the effort was left at the minimal state...they can easily be identified after a while and my votes do not go in their direction. As for others that I have been following, they have always applied themselves and even on bad posts they get my 100% respect. What I mean is that I agree 100% with your mention of "not being special, but uniquely me". Great article