to be honest I have never ever done this, even people I really like on the platform or know personally, I go and check their page sometimes and give them a vote but I genuinely always curate completely unbiasedly and if I like the post from the communities I am in. There is so much circle jerking and only voting people if you are in some kind of 'club' or don't say anything apart from what's in alignment with their opinion on everything. I have never really liked cliques of any kind, I don't even want to form my own or be part of one. I do mute all the downvoters but other than that I really vote completely on if I think their post is something I personally got enjoyment from in some way, I don't even look at who it was made by half the time.