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I thought .02 was sufficient. Could you better explain?

Votes of .019, and less, still round down.
Ergo, giving a vote of less than 2.0 is giving it to trending because it will round down.
The value of your vote varies across how many votes you've made in the last week, how many votes whales have made in the last week, hive value, and your voting mana at the time of the vote.
It goes up and down after you cast it and only at payout is its final value tallied.

If a vote comes in after that raises the payout above the cutoff then it will pay, but if the vote is on its own, it rounds down, and that value goes to trending.

Better to raise your percentage to give a 2.1 or higher value in order to insure that your value pulls from the pool and not increase it, imo.

I bumped it up 5 pts. I like to vote for folks that do me the courtesy of commenting or replying to me. I vote lots, as a result. Since I am here daily, I tried to find a percentage that would enable my VP to recharge daily but still kept me above the threshold. I hope 30% does both.

Thank you.

Yes, I have to do the same.
Upping the percentage, and voting less, is better than giving hp to people that already have game breaking amounts, imo.
Thanks for giving that your attention.
The rest of us appreciate it.