Oh thank you so much @sidwrites, I got (have been) paranoid for the past 2 weeks now that my questions would sound foolish, but after conducting so much research to find the answers to no avail, I decided to swallow my feelings of sounding stupid to ask you and now I'm so glad that I did.
I also had a very detailed discussion with the very lovely and VERY patient Erik@flaxz last night on Discord explaining to me just how the percentage for the upvoting worked but it is a hell of a lot more complex and not at all linear or even logical sounding than I thought (or hoped/assumed). I actually likened it to a rotting onion as atleast a fresh onion it is easy to peel the layers...) Poor Erik.
Anyway, he has so kindly made a video on it today, but since I only asked him about the upvoting, I still have all of those other questions, so if you do have enough time, I would be eternally grateful if you could write a detailed article about them as I want to do a big promo post to all of my friends on FB (just under 600) and Film and Tv connections on LinkedIn (just over 700) but don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not an influencer.... but I want to try and I need to have all of the info correct in my head so I can give it to them with no hesitation or uncertainty, otherwise it may sound a bit shady...so thank you once again for your time and help, I really appreciate it. 😀