I resteem very little-- occasionally I'll resteem a particularly promising newcomer's post, I'll resteem warnings and site announcements, once in a while contests and such.
I would probably resteem more if profile feeds had a "hide resteems" tab/option... it just bothers me when I look at someone's page and I really have to scroll and dig to find their content.
Thanks for your input. As a long time blogger that has used other platforms have you seen this feature elsewhere? The comments in this thread seem to indicate a need for one.