There are people like @sidwrites who do good guides to how things work. I keep saying we need better how-to guides that everyone can easily find. The community could write them.
One tip I will give is to not bother voting on comments until you have a lot more HP as it has no real effect on rewards. Vote on posts instead. I have delegated you a little extra HP for now.
Oh, I got so distracted replying to comments on my first post I miss this! Ooops. Thanks for the tip. I was wondering about the whole voting etiquette, slowly figuring it out!
Some aspects of the algorithms are not obvious. Don't worry too much about the voting aspect to start with. You can do 10 full votes each day if you want to recharge by the next day. Spread them around.