No problem. I was hoping you were going to be ok about it. I joined Steemit just over a year ago and happened to post something that made $50 in rewards on my first post. I stopped using Steemit for a couple of months after this but when I signed back in I found I had 350SP due to the value of Steem increasing so much between when I posted and when the reward was paid (I think). So I had a good head start but I had the same problem as you with the voting because I hadn't yet reached 500SP. I invested about £150 into Steem to take me over 500SP and everything since then has been made from posting and curating. My point is that I basically got around 300SP for nothing so delegating 100SP to allow a great contributor to Steem to be able to increase his influence is nothing really. The SP is still mine anyway so everyone wins !!
When you get to 500SP without delegation from me I will probably take it back but until then I hope it helps.
Take it easy.
Well, I appreciate your thoughtful consideration, and commitment to the platform, as well as your characterization of my own.
Out of curiosity, as I've never paid the matter any mind before, is there a way to return to you the delegation?
I'm not sure if you can return delegated SP. I'll look into it. I do know that it takes 7 days from the day the remove delegation command is issued for it to actually be removed though. If there isn't a way for you to return it & you wanted to you can reply to this or if you wanted the request to be less visible you could send me a memo with a message as part of a small transfer of SBD (0.001).
IIRC there is a 7 day period of unavailability when the delegation is ended (from a post I dimly recall reading not so long ago).
I'm quite pleased to be able to vote (at low %) while allowing my VP to recharge! I am very grateful to you for the confidence and assistance =)
When my own SP is adequate to provide the slider I intend to let you know that the delegation has served it's purpose, so that it can be withdrawn at your convenience.
Thanks!