With such a limited number of votes per day available to newcomers, I can understand why someone might comment on a post s/he really liked -- or had something worthwhile to add -- and not feel he could UV because he needed to "save" his votes for other places OR ... he really was out of power when he made his stop.

The ones who have lots of power who go out of their way to manually drop a penny on a post may mean it as a compliment (at least I hope they do), but I agree it doesn't feel like that. It feels extremely condescending.

The worst though are the ones who don't upvote the post, leave literally a 4 word comment and upvote their comment themselves for anywhere from $.30 to $10.00. I have one who's done that to me three times now, and I've seen and heard about it elsewhere.

A little investigation shows that my "stalker" ... well, that's what he does in the time he spends here. I'm not the only one he hits. He UVs his own tiny comments on about 10 posts a day, doesn't UV the post -- and then he vanishes. I'd say it nets him about $100 / mo -- but I'd also say the ill will (and the Karma he's generating) weigh a lot more than that.

I wouldn't call it rude. I call it downright shitty. But then that's me -- and when it happens I quietly tell myself, "It takes all kinds" -- and move on. I see though that it's a question -- and a practice -- being raised by others. And that's encouraging. (Thank you for the opportunity to rant. I am very new here, so my UVs not worth much, but it's up there. Lying about such things is also downright shitty, and at the end of the day I have to live with myself. Just sayin'.)

One last thought. My vote worth is tiny now ... less than $.01 (but growing!!) ... and if I see a post I really like, I'll make a note of it, wait until I'm powered up again at 96 - 100% and go back and UV it, either later that night or even the next morning when I've had all night to recover voting power.

You see, I believe in that thing called Karma -- and that's how I'm cultivating mine.