Oh! That last bit if advice will work for me. I go through both of those tabs each day and check them. I have not seen any grey yet - I know I would notice it.
On another topic - do you know how the steemit logo ends up next to your post title? I recently saw it on a couple of my posts, but most do not have it. Then I noticed it on some other people's posts. Do you know how that is happening?
That is when you choose the rewarding method of your post. It can be 50/50% or 100% STEEM POWER! =) On the first one, you get 50% of the reward in SP and the rest in SBD (Steem Backed Dollars).
Oh - ok. I stopped upvoting my own posts when they changed the default. It seems like voting for yourself is wrong to me, but I do not know if I should do it or not. I figured I would just go with the default of 50/50 but I am not sure if that is a good plan.
There are two sides to this and it's safe to say you will find disagreement on this point!
I agree with this:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@titusfrost/re-thelightreports-ethical-question-for-fellow-steemians-20170717t150326209z