Things have changed a great deal with the HF20. You are talking in historic terms BHF20 and
I am looking at her stats -
Enough credits for approximately:
0 comments (19 after recharge)
3 votes (107 after recharge)
3 transfers (119 after recharge)
100% recharged in 4 days

19 comments after recharge - which leaves not much for making any real connections for 5 to 10 posts per week.

We cannot live in the past when people upvote and comment in frivolous ways, unlimited for some, which is what HF20 is putting to a screeching stop.
Newbies are slow to realize that their behavior and expectations MUST take HF20 into account. They must now calculate their every move and use them as "rationed" resource that they are.