I'm a computer programmer.....so I can tell when to be suspicious about things ;) ;). But even so, I like to keep things civil....I'm not on steemit to get into arguments 😀

But yeah, im learning too - manual upvote requests do not work! But I have an idea in mind about creating a bot ... something like randowhale - but maybe it only ever gives out one payment per person.... some way to help distribute steem beyond the people who already have it.