Man... I have a LOT of difficulty in getting back to 100% VP. I broke all the voting rules and went ahead and let myself get all the way down to like 20%... and it's been a hard road back. Mostly, because I vote here like I would vote/like/etc elsewhere. Based on content I like, not really "investment strategy" based. And frankly, the system is so wired to prevent abuse of curation rewards that it sort of punishes that kind of behavior. It forces me to take voting breaks, then vote in "spurts", otherwise my VP is either wasted or insignificant.
It leaves me with some pretty real questions about the longevity of the system. When a vote is about money one starts to question the sincerity of the voter, or if they were just upvoting because it's a way to get paid. Votes, in my opinion, should be about content... not paydays. But unfortunately, I don't think that's going to be the case here.
So I've been taking a break...
But... I'm back to 79%! One more day and I can vote again!