I tried to increase a user reputation (-6) upvoting his post but nothing happened !!! I assume because it was after first pay out post... So because my upvote does not count as curation it does not count to increase/decrease the authors reputation either?
The post and author I wanted to upvote and increase his reputation ...
https://steemit.com/faucet/@miketr/steemfaucet-closing-now-why